1 Chronicles 20:1

20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, 1  Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.

1 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! 2  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 3  but remove the plague from your people!” 4 

1 Chronicles 28:1

David Commissions Solomon to Build the Temple

28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 5  all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.

1 tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”

2 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

3 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

4 tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.