Discovery Box1 Chronicles 15:12 
Context15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 17:6
Context17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say 1 to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 2 ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
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, 3 that you should have brought me to this point?
1 Chronicles 17:25
Context17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty 4 for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. 5
1 Chronicles 17:27
Context17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty 6 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.” 7
1 Chronicles 21:2
Context21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, 8 “Go, count the number of warriors 9 from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” 10
1 Chronicles 22:9
Context22:9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. 11 I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. 12 Indeed, Solomon 13 will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 14
1 Chronicles 28:6
Context28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.
1 Chronicles 29:3
Context29:3 Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.
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? 15 Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. 16
1 Chronicles 29:16-17
Context29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you. 29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts 17 and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives 18 I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
1 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”
2 tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”
6 tn Heb “house.”
7 tn Heb “for you, O
8 tn Or “people.”
9 tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.
10 tn Heb “their number.”
11 tn Heb “man of rest.”
12 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
13 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
14 tn Heb “in his days.”
15 tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”
16 tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”
17 tn Heb “a heart.”
18 tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”
