1 Chronicles 17:23

17:23 So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! 1  Do as you promised, 2 

1 Chronicles 19:12

19:12 Joab 3  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, 4  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, 5  I will come to your rescue.

1 Chronicles 21:8

21:8 David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

1 Chronicles 22:11-12

22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. 6  22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey 7  the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 29:15

29:15 For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; 8  our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. 9 

1 Chronicles 29:18-19

29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. 10  29:19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.” 11 

1 tn Heb “and now, O Lord, the word which you spoke concerning your servant and concerning his house, may it be established permanently.”

2 tn Heb “as you have spoken.”

3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

5 tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

6 tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”

7 tn Or “keep.”

8 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).

9 tn Or perhaps “hope.”

10 tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”

11 tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”