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! ¹  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ²  but remove the plague from your people!” ³ 

1 Chronicles 28:8

28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: ⁴  Carefully observe ⁵  all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁶  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

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¹ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

³ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

⁴ tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”

⁶ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”