1 Chronicles 21:2
21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, 1 “Go, count the number of warriors 2 from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” 3
1 Chronicles 21:10
21:10 “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.”’” 4
1 Chronicles 21:24
21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 5 I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 6 that cost me nothing. 7
1 tn Or “people.”
2 tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.
3 tn Heb “their number.”
4 tn Heb “Three I am extending to you; choose for yourself one of them and I will do it to you.”
5 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
6 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”
7 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”