Discovery Box1 Chronicles 7:40 
Context7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. 1
1 Chronicles 13:2
Context13:2 David said to the whole Israelite assembly, “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, 2 let’s spread the word 3 to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, 4 so they may join us.
1 Chronicles 21:23
Context21:23 Ornan told David, “You can have it! 5 My master, the king, may do what he wants. 6 Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.”
1 Chronicles 22:5
Context22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, 7 and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. 8 Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
1 Chronicles 23:28
Context23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 9
1 Chronicles 25:6
Context25:6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.
1 Chronicles 26:32
Context26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. 10 King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. 11
1 Chronicles 28:4
Context28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. 12 Indeed, 13 he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel. 14
1 Chronicles 28:9
Context28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey 15 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 16 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 17 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
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! 18 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 Chronicles 29:2
Context29:2 So I have made every effort 19 to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, 20 as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.
1 tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”
2 tn Heb “If to you [it is] good and from the
3 tn Heb “let us spread and let us send.” The words “the word” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “in the cities of their pasturelands.”
5 tn Heb “take for yourself.”
6 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
7 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
8 tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”
9 tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the
10 tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
11 tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”
12 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
13 tn Or “for.”
14 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”
15 tn Heb “know.”
16 tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”
17 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
18 tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”
19 tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”
20 tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”
