Discovery Box1 Chronicles 10:7 
Context10:7 When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army 1 had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.
1 Chronicles 11:13
Context11:13 He was with David in Pas Dammim 2 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. 3 For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army 4 of the Philistines.”
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 19:16-17
Context19:16 When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, 5 led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army. 6 19:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, 7 and marched against them. 8 David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him. 9
1 Chronicles 20:3
Context20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. 10 This was his policy 11 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 21:2-3
Context21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, 12 “Go, count the number of warriors 13 from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” 14 21:3 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 25:1
Context25:1 David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. 17 The following men were assigned this responsibility: 18
1 Chronicles 26:26
Context26:26 Shelomith 19 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 27:5
Context27:5 The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men.
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the army) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.
3 tn Heb “go out in battle.”
4 tn Heb “camp.”
5 tn Heb “the River,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “and Aram saw that they were struck down before Israel and they sent messengers and brought out Aram which is beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer [was] before them.”
7 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
8 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:17 “he came to Helam.”
tn Heb “and he came to them and was deployed against them.”
9 tn Heb “and David was deployed to meet Aram [for] battle and they fought with him.”
10 tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).
11 tn Heb “and so he would do.”
12 tn Or “people.”
13 tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.
14 tn Heb “their number.”
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 “David and the officers of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the ones prophesying by harps, by lyres, and by cymbals.”
18 tn Heb “and their number was, the men of work for their service.”
19 tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.
