1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only¹ 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 15:12

15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 17:1

God Makes a Promise to David

17:1 When David had settled into his palace,⁴ he⁵ said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace⁶ made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.”⁷

1 Chronicles 17:7

17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies⁸ says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd⁹ to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:9

17:9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle¹⁰ them there; they will live there and not be disturbed¹¹ anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning¹²

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,¹³ that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army,¹⁴ “Go, count the number of warriors¹⁵ from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.”¹⁶

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?¹⁷ Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.¹⁸

¹tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

²tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

³tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

⁴tn Heb “house.”

⁵tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.

⁶tn Heb “house.”

⁷tn Heb “tent curtains.”

⁸tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

⁹tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

¹⁰tn Heb “plant.”

¹¹tn Heb “shaken.”

¹²tn Heb “and sons of violence will no longer consume them as in the beginning.”

¹³tn Heb “house.”

¹⁴tn Or “people.”

¹⁵tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.

¹⁶tn Heb “their number.”

¹⁷tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”

¹⁸tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”