Discovery Box1 Chronicles 16:35 
Context16:35 Say this prayer: 1 “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks 2 to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 3
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, 4 that you should have brought me to this point?
1 Chronicles 17:27
Context17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty 5 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.” 6
1 Chronicles 21:3
Context21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 7 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?” 8
1 Chronicles 29:16
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.
1 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
3 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “for you, O
7 tn Or “people.”
8 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.
