Discovery Box1 Chronicles 1:43 
Context1:43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:
Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
1 Chronicles 11:2
Context11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. 1 The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”
1 Chronicles 12:23
Context12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: 2
1 Chronicles 14:8
Context14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed 3 king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. 4 When David heard about it, he marched out against 5 them.
1 Chronicles 15:29
Context15:29 As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him. 6
1 Chronicles 18:11
Context18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, 7 along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including 8 Edom, 9 Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
1 Chronicles 19:5
Context19:5 Messengers 10 came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 11 until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”
1 Chronicles 19:7
Context19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.
1 Chronicles 20:2
Context20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king 12 and wore it 13 (its weight was a talent 14 of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.
1 Chronicles 21:3
Context21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 15 a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” 16
1 Chronicles 21:24
Context21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 17 I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 18 that cost me nothing. 19
1 Chronicles 25:5
Context25:5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. 20 God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
1 Chronicles 26:26
Context26:26 Shelomith 21 and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.
1 Chronicles 26:30
Context26:30 As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the Lord’s work and the king’s service.
1 Chronicles 27:24-25
Context27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel 22 because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll 23 called The Annals of King David.
27:25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king’s storehouses;
Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the towns, and in the towers.
1 Chronicles 29:1
Context29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, 24 and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
1 Chronicles 29:6
Context29:6 The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly.
1 Chronicles 29:20
Context29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.
1 Chronicles 29:22
Context29:22 They held a feast 25 before the Lord that day and celebrated. 26
Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; 27 before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.
1 Chronicles 29:29
Context29:29 King David’s accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet. 28
1 tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”
2 tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the
3 tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”
4 tn Heb “to seek David.”
5 tn Heb “went out before.”
6 tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”
7 tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the
8 tn Heb “from.”
9 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew
10 tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
11 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
12 tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
13 tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”
14 sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
15 tn Or “people.”
16 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.
17 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
18 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”
19 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”
20 tn Heb “by the words of God to exalt a horn.” An animal’s horn is sometimes used metaphorically as a symbol of strength and honor. See BDB 901-2 s.v. קֶרֶנ.
21 tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.
22 tn Heb “anger was on Israel.”
23 tc The Hebrew text has “in the number,” but מִסְפַּר (mispar) is probably dittographic – note that the same word appears immediately before this. The form should be emended to בְּסֵפֶר (bÿsefar, “in the scroll”).
24 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
25 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
26 tn Heb “with great joy.”
27 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.
28 tn Heb “and the events of David the king, the former and the latter, look they are written in the annals of Samuel the seer, and in the annals of Nathan the prophet, and in the annals of Gad the seer.”
