1 Chronicles 16:35

16:35 Say this prayer: ¹  “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!

Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!

Then we will give thanks ²  to your holy name,

and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” ³ 

1 Chronicles 17:6-7

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁴  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁵  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies ⁶  says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ⁷  to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:24

17:24 so ⁸  it may become a reality ⁹  and you may gain lasting fame, ¹⁰  as people say, ¹¹  ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ ¹²  David’s dynasty ¹³  will be established before you,

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¹ tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.

³ tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”

⁴ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

⁵ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

⁶ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

⁷ tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

⁸ tn Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result: “so it might become a reality.”

⁹ tn Heb “so it might be established.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result (parallel to the previous purpose/result clause): “[so]…you might gain lasting fame.”

¹¹ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

¹² tc Heb “the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], the God of Israel, Israel’s God.” The phrases אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohey yisra’el, “God of Israel”) and אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohim lÿyisra’el, “Israel’s God”) are probably alternative readings that have been conflated in the text.

¹³ tn Heb “the house of David.”