Discovery Box1 Chronicles 20:1 
Context20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, 1 Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.
1 Chronicles 21:17
Context21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! 2 As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 3 but remove the plague from your people!” 4
1 Chronicles 28:1
Context28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 5 all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
1 tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”
2 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.
3 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”
4 tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
