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 5:26

5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up³ King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria),⁴ and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

1 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.”⁵ But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 11:18

11:18 So the three elite warriors⁶ broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

1 Chronicles 12:18

12:18 But a spirit⁷ empowered⁸ Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said:⁹

“We are yours, O David!

We support¹⁰ you, O son of Jesse!

May you greatly prosper!¹¹

May those who help you prosper!¹²

Indeed¹³ your God helps you!”

So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.

1 Chronicles 19:3

19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy?¹⁴ No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”¹⁵

1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel¹⁶ to ravage¹⁷ Jerusalem. As he was doing so,¹⁸ the Lord watched¹⁹ and relented from²⁰ his judgment.²¹ He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough!²² Stop now!”²³

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan²⁴ the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple.²⁵ I have stored up 100,000 talents²⁶ of gold, 1,000,000²⁷ 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 29:2

29:2 So I have made every effort²⁸ to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood,²⁹ as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

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 “stirred up the spirit of.”

⁴tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).

⁵tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

⁶tn Heb “the three,” referring to the three elite warriors mentioned in v. 12.

⁷tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).

⁸tn Heb “clothed.”

⁹tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰tn Heb “are with.”

¹¹tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.

¹²tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”

¹³tn Or “for.”

¹⁴tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

¹⁵tc Heb “Is it not to explore and to overturn and to spy out the land (that) his servants have come to you?” The Hebrew term לַהֲפֹךְ (lahafakh, “to overturn”) seems misplaced in the sequence. Some emend the form to לַחְפֹּר (lakhpor, “to spy out”). The sequence of three infinitives may be a conflation of alternative readings.

¹⁶tn 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.

¹⁷tn Or “destroy.”

¹⁸tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

¹⁹tn Or “saw.”

²⁰tn Or “was grieved because of.”

²¹tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

²²tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

²³tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

²⁴tn 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.

²⁵tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

²⁶tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

²⁷tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

²⁸tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”

²⁹tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”