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 21:12

21:12 three ³  years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, ⁴  or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’ ⁵  Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

1 Chronicles 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ⁶  I have stored up 100,000 talents ⁷  of gold, 1,000,000 ⁸  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

1 Chronicles 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ⁹  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ¹⁰  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ¹¹  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ¹² 

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: ¹³  Carefully observe ¹⁴  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.

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¹ sn 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.

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

³ tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.

⁴ tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.

⁵ tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the messenger [or “angel”] of the Lord destroying in all the territory of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

⁷ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

⁸ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

⁹ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “to bring.”

¹¹ tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

¹² tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”

¹³ tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹⁴ tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”