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 11:3
Context11:3 When all the leaders 1 of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement 2 with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed 3 David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel. 4
1 Chronicles 11:13
Context11:13 He was with David in Pas Dammim 5 when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,
1 Chronicles 14:15
Context14:15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. 6 For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army 7 of the Philistines.”
1 Chronicles 15:2
Context15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.
1 Chronicles 15:24
Context15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians 8 of the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:1
Context16:1 They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings 9 before God.
1 Chronicles 17:8
Context17:8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated 10 all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. 11
1 Chronicles 17:13
Context17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 12
1 Chronicles 17:16
Context17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 13 that you should have brought me to this point?
1 Chronicles 17:24
Context17:24 so 14 it may become a reality 15 and you may gain lasting fame, 16 as people say, 17 ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ 18 David’s dynasty 19 will be established before you,
1 Chronicles 17:27
Context17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty 20 so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.” 21
1 Chronicles 22:18
Context22:18 He told them, 22 “The Lord your God is with you! 23 He has made you secure on every side, 24 for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region 25 and the region 26 is subdued before the Lord and his people.
1 Chronicles 23:13
Context23:13 The sons of Amram:
Aaron and Moses.
Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve him, and to praise his name. 27
1 Chronicles 23:31
Context23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. 28
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 tn Heb “elders.”
2 tn Or “covenant.”
3 tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”
4 tn Heb “according to the word of the
5 tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.
6 tn Heb “go out in battle.”
7 tn Heb “camp.”
8 tn Heb “gatekeepers.”
9 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV “fellowship offerings.”
10 tn Heb “cut off.”
11 tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”
12 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.
13 tn Heb “house.”
14 tn Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result: “so it might become a reality.”
15 tn Heb “so it might be established.”
16 tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result (parallel to the previous purpose/result clause): “[so]…you might gain lasting fame.”
17 tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
18 tc Heb “the
19 tn Heb “the house of David.”
20 tn Heb “house.”
21 tn Heb “for you, O
22 tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
23 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the
24 tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”
25 tn Or “earth.”
26 tn Or “earth.”
27 tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the
28 tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the
