Discovery Box1 Chronicles 6:64 
Context6:64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
1 Chronicles 10:6
Context10:6 So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household 1 died together.
1 Chronicles 14:12
Context14:12 The Philistines left 2 their idols 3 there, so David ordered that they be burned.
1 Chronicles 21:14
Context21:14 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.
1 Chronicles 21:19
Context21:19 So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord. 4
1 Chronicles 21:25
Context21:25 So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold. 5
1 tn Heb “all his house.” This is probably to be understood as a general summary statement. It could include other males in Saul’s household besides his three sons, cf. 1 Sam 31:6. If it refers only to the male members of his household who would have stood in succession to the throne (cf. NLT, “bringing his dynasty to an end,”) even here there is an exception, since one of Saul’s sons, Eshbaal (or “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8) was not killed in the battle and became king over Israel, which he ruled for two years (2 Sam 2:10) until he was assassinated by Rechab and Baanah (2 Sam 4:5-6). The tribe of Judah never acknowledged Ishbosheth as king; instead they followed David (2 Sam 2:10).
2 tn Heb “abandoned.”
3 tn Heb “gods.”
4 tn Heb “and David went up by the word of Gad which he spoke in the name of the
5 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:24 says David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for “fifty pieces of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.
tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.
