Discovery Box1 Chronicles 21:12 
Context21:12 three 1 years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, 2 or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’ 3 Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”
1 Chronicles 24:6
Context24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. 4
1 Chronicles 27:1
Context27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. 5
1 Chronicles 28:9
Context28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey 6 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 7 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 8 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
1 tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.
2 tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.
3 tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the
4 tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”
5 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”
6 tn Heb “know.”
7 tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”
8 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
