1 Chronicles 6:49

6:49 But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. 1  They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered. 2 

1 Chronicles 11:23

11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet 3  tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked 4  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 joined 5  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 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel 7  to ravage 8  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, 9  the Lord watched 10  and relented from 11  his judgment. 12  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! 13  Stop now!” 14 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan 15  the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 28:1-2

David Commissions Solomon to Build the Temple

28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 16  all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.

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. 17  I have made the preparations for building it.

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! 18  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.

1 tn Heb “for all the work of the holy of holies.”

2 tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”

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

4 tn Heb “went down to.”

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

6 tn 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.’”

7 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.

8 tn Or “destroy.”

9 tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

10 tn Or “saw.”

11 tn Or “was grieved because of.”

12 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

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

14 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

15 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.

16 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

17 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

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