“We are yours, O David!
We support 12 you, O son of Jesse!
May you greatly prosper! 13
May those who help you prosper! 14
Indeed 15 your God helps you!”
So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.
21:15 God sent an angel 25 to ravage 26 Jerusalem. As he was doing so, 27 the Lord watched 28 and relented from 29 his judgment. 30 He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! 31 Stop now!” 32
Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan 33 the Jebusite.
23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 34
25:6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.
28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 37 I have made the preparations for building it.
28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey 41 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 42 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 43 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
1 tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”
2 tn 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).
3 tn Heb “for all the work of the holy of holies.”
4 tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”
5 tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”
6 tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”
7 tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”
8 tn Heb “fathers.”
9 tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).
10 tn Heb “clothed.”
11 tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
12 tn Heb “are with.”
13 tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.
14 tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”
15 tn Or “for.”
16 tn Heb “If to you [it is] good and from the
17 tn Heb “let us spread and let us send.” The words “the word” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
18 tn Heb “in the cities of their pasturelands.”
19 tn Heb “a nation, one.”
20 tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
21 tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”
22 tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”
23 tn Heb “to drive out.”
24 tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”
25 tn 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.
26 tn Or “destroy.”
27 tn Heb “while he was destroying.”
28 tn Or “saw.”
29 tn Or “was grieved because of.”
30 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
31 tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.
32 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
33 tn 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.
34 tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the
35 tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
36 tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”
37 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
38 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
39 tn Or “for.”
40 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”
41 tn Heb “know.”
42 tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”
43 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
44 tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”
45 tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”
46 tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”
47 tn 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.”