Discovery Box1 Chronicles 12:19 
Context12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined 1 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.”) 2
1 Chronicles 21:12
Context21:12 three 3 years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, 4 or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’ 5 Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
Context21:15 God sent an angel 6 to ravage 7 Jerusalem. As he was doing so, 8 the Lord watched 9 and relented from 10 his judgment. 11 He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! 12 Stop now!” 13
Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan 14 the Jebusite. 21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 15
1 Chronicles 22:14
Context22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. 16 I have stored up 100,000 talents 17 of gold, 1,000,000 18 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!
1 Chronicles 22:19
Context22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! 19 Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring 20 the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service 21 into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” 22
1 Chronicles 23:28
Context23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 23
1 Chronicles 25:6
Context25:6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.
1 Chronicles 28:2
Context28:2 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. 24 I have made the preparations for building it.
1 Chronicles 28:8
Context28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: 25 Carefully observe 26 all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.
1 Chronicles 28:20
Context28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 27 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 “fell upon,” here in a good sense.
2 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.’”
3 tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.
4 tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.
5 tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the
6 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.
7 tn Or “destroy.”
8 tn Heb “while he was destroying.”
9 tn Or “saw.”
10 tn Or “was grieved because of.”
11 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
12 tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.
13 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
14 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.
15 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
16 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
17 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
18 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
19 tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the
20 tn Heb “to bring.”
21 tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”
22 tn Heb “for the name of the
23 tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the
24 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
25 tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
26 tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”
27 tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”
