Discovery Box1 Chronicles 12:38 
Context12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. 1 They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; 2 all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. 3
1 Chronicles 14:10
Context14:10 David asked God, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to him, “March up! I will hand them over to you!”
1 Chronicles 14:14
Context14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 4 This time 5 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 6
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, 7 that you should have brought me to this point?
1 Chronicles 29:14
Context29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? 8 Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. 9
1 tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).
2 tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”
3 tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”
4 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
5 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
6 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
7 tn Heb “house.”
8 tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”
9 tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”
