1 Chronicles 17:21
Context17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation 1 in the earth? Their God 2 went to claim 3 a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds 4 when you drove out 5 nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. 6
1 Chronicles 21:16
Context21:16 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. 7
1 tn Heb “a nation, one.”
2 tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”
4 tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”
5 tn Heb “to drive out.”
6 tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”
7 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”