Discovery Box1 Chronicles 11:9 
Context11:9 David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him. 1
1 Chronicles 16:8
Context16:8 Give thanks to the Lord!
Call on his name!
Make known his accomplishments among the nations!
1 Chronicles 16:10-11
Context16:10 Boast about his holy name!
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
16:11 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives!
Seek his presence 2 continually!
1 Chronicles 16:14
Context16:14 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 3
1 Chronicles 16:23
Context16:23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Announce every day 4 how he delivers!
1 Chronicles 16:26
Context16:26 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, 5
but the Lord made the heavens. 6
1 Chronicles 16:31
Context16:31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy!
Let the nations say, 7 ‘The Lord reigns!’
1 Chronicles 16:34
Context16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures. 8
1 Chronicles 17:22
Context17:22 You made Israel your very own nation for all time. 9 You, O Lord, became their God.
1 Chronicles 21:14
Context21:14 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.
1 Chronicles 21:19
Context21:19 So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord. 10
1 Chronicles 21:27
Context21:27 The Lord ordered the messenger 11 to put his sword back into its sheath.
1 Chronicles 22:19
Context22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! 12 Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring 13 the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service 14 into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” 15
1 tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the
2 tn Heb “face.”
3 tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”
4 tn Heb “from day to day.”
5 tn The Hebrew word אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement. Many modern English translations render this term as “idols” here.
6 tn Or “the sky” (also in v. 31). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
7 tn Heb “let them say among the nations.”
8 tn Or “is eternal.”
9 tn Heb “and you made your people Israel your own for a people permanently.”
10 tn Heb “and David went up by the word of Gad which he spoke in the name of the
11 tn Heb “spoke to the messenger.”
12 tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the
13 tn Heb “to bring.”
14 tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”
15 tn Heb “for the name of the
