1 Chronicles 4:10
4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only 1 you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” 2 God answered his prayer. 3
1 Chronicles 14:11
14:11 So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, “Using me as his instrument, 4 God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So that place is called Baal Perazim. 5
1 Chronicles 17:6
17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say 6 to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 7 ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
1 Chronicles 17:9-10
17:9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle 8 them there; they will live there and not be disturbed 9 anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning 10
17:10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. “‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house 11 for you!
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, 12 that you should have brought me to this point?
1 Chronicles 17:25
17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty 13 for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. 14
1 Chronicles 22:10
22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; 15 he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ 16
1 Chronicles 29:1
The People Contribute to the Project
29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, 17 and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
1 Chronicles 29:14
29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? 18 Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. 19
1 Chronicles 29:17
29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts 20 and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives 21 I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
1 tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.
2 tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”
3 tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”
4 tn Heb “by my hand.”
5 sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.
6 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”
7 tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”
8 tn Heb “plant.”
9 tn Heb “shaken.”
10 tn Heb “and sons of violence will no longer consume them as in the beginning.”
11 tn Here the word “house” is used in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. The Lord’s use of the word here plays off the literal sense that David had in mind as he contemplated building a temple (“house”) for the Lord. In the translation the adjective “dynastic” is supplied to indicate that the term is used metaphorically.
12 tn Heb “house.”
13 tn Heb “house.”
14 tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”
15 tn Heb “for my name.”
16 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
17 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
18 tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”
19 tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”
20 tn Heb “a heart.”
21 tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”