1 Chronicles 5:26

5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up¹ King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria),² 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.”³ 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 warriors⁴ 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 spirit⁵ empowered⁶ Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said:⁷

“We are yours, O David!

We support⁸ you, O son of Jesse!

May you greatly prosper!⁹

May those who help you prosper!¹⁰

Indeed¹¹ your God helps you!”

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

1 Chronicles 20:1

20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars,¹² Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.

1 Chronicles 21:23

21:23 Ornan told David, “You can have it!¹³ My master, the king, may do what he wants.¹⁴ Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.”

1 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man,¹⁵ and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations.¹⁶ Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!¹⁷ For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

¹tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”

²tn 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).

³tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

⁴tn Heb “the three,” referring to the three elite warriors mentioned in v. 12.

⁵tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).

⁶tn Heb “clothed.”

⁷tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁸tn Heb “are with.”

⁹tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.

¹⁰tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”

¹¹tn Or “for.”

¹²tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”

¹³tn Heb “take for yourself.”

¹⁴tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”

¹⁵tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

¹⁷tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”