1 Chronicles 17:6

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

1 Chronicles 17:8

17:8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

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

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

tn Heb “cut off.”

tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”