Discovery Box1 Chronicles 5:1 
Context5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –
(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, 1 his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. 2
1 Chronicles 12:17
Context12:17 David went out to meet them and said, 3 “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. 4 But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, 5 may the God of our ancestors 6 take notice and judge!”
1 Chronicles 12:19
Context12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined 7 David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.”) 8
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! 9 As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 10 but remove the plague from your people!” 11
1 Chronicles 22:8
Context22:8 But the Lord said to me: 12 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, 13 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.
1 Chronicles 28:20
Context28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 14 For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.
1 sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.
2 tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”
3 tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”
4 tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”
5 tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”
6 tn Heb “fathers.”
7 tn Heb “fell upon,” here in a good sense.
8 tn Heb “and they did not help them for by counsel they sent him away, the lords of the Philistines, saying, ‘With our heads he will fall to his master Saul.’”
9 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.
10 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”
11 tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”
12 tn Heb “and the word of the
13 tn Heb “for my name.”
14 tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”
