Discovery Box1 Chronicles 17:7 
Context17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies 1 says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd 2 to make you a leader of my people Israel.
1 Chronicles 18:8
Context18:8 From Tibhath 3 and Kun, 4 Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” 5 the pillars, and other bronze items.
1 tn Traditionally, “
2 tn Heb “and from after sheep.”
3 tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).
4 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”
5 tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.
