1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ¹  in the earth? Their God ²  went to claim ³  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁴  when you drove out ⁵  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 24:31

24:31 Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

² tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

⁴ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

⁵ tn Heb “to drive out.”

⁶ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

⁷ tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”