1 Chronicles 17:7

17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies ¹  says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ²  to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 18:8

18:8 From Tibhath ³  and Kun, ⁴  Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” ⁵  the pillars, and other bronze items.

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¹ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

² tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

³ tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

⁴ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”

⁵ tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.