1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua,¹ a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.²

1 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 When all the leaders³ of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement⁴ with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed⁵ David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel.⁶

1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Chronicles 16:40

16:40 regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe.⁷

1 Chronicles 17:16

David Praises God

17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family,⁸ that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 21:18

21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build⁹ an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 22:18

22:18 He told them,¹⁰ “The Lord your God is with you!¹¹ He has made you secure on every side,¹² for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region¹³ and the region¹⁴ is subdued before the Lord and his people.

1 Chronicles 23:31

23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations.¹⁵

1 Chronicles 24:19

24:19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor¹⁶ Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him.¹⁷

1 Chronicles 28:13

28:13 He gave him the regulations¹⁸ for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple.

1 Chronicles 29:22

29:22 They held a feast¹⁹ before the Lord that day and celebrated.²⁰

Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time;²¹ before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

¹tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

²tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

³tn Heb “elders.”

⁴tn Or “covenant.”

⁵tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”

⁶tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.”

⁷tn Heb “which he commanded Israel.”

⁸tn Heb “house.”

⁹tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”

¹⁰tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹¹tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the Lord your God with you?” The question anticipates the response, “Of course he is!” Thus in the translation the positive statement “The Lord your God is with you!” has been used.

¹²tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”

¹³tn Or “earth.”

¹⁴tn Or “earth.”

¹⁵tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the Lord.”

¹⁶tn Heb “father.”

¹⁷tn Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the Lord according to their manner [given] by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.”

¹⁸tn The words “he gave him the regulations” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹⁹tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

²⁰tn Heb “with great joy.”

²¹sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.