1 Chronicles 5:1

Reuben’s Descendants

5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –

(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed,¹ his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.²

1 Chronicles 11:23

11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet³ tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked⁴ him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

1 Chronicles 12:19

12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined⁵ David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.”)⁶

1 Chronicles 18:10

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram⁷ to King David to extend his best wishes⁸ and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer.⁹ He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze.¹⁰

1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel¹¹ to ravage¹² Jerusalem. As he was doing so,¹³ the Lord watched¹⁴ and relented from¹⁵ his judgment.¹⁶ He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough!¹⁷ Stop now!”¹⁸

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan¹⁹ the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 28:4

28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty.²⁰ Indeed,²¹ he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.²²

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey²³ the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit,²⁴ for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him,²⁵ but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

¹sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.

²tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”

³tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.

⁴tn Heb “went down to.”

⁵tn Heb “fell upon,” here in a good sense.

⁶tn Heb “and they did not help them for by counsel they sent him away, the lords of the Philistines, saying, ‘With our heads he will fall to his master Saul.’”

⁷tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

⁸tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁹tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

¹⁰tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

¹¹tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

¹²tn Or “destroy.”

¹³tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

¹⁴tn Or “saw.”

¹⁵tn Or “was grieved because of.”

¹⁶tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

¹⁷tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

¹⁸tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

¹⁹tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.

²⁰tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”

²¹tn Or “for.”

²²tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”

²³tn Heb “know.”

²⁴tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

²⁵tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”