Discovery Box1 Chronicles 9:11 
Context9:11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub the leader in God’s temple;
1 Chronicles 9:13
Context9:13 Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple. 1
1 Chronicles 9:26
Context9:26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary. 2
1 Chronicles 13:10
Context13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 3 he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 4 He died right there before God. 5
1 Chronicles 13:14
Context13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.
1 Chronicles 15:26
Context15:26 When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
1 Chronicles 16:4
Context16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 17:16
Context17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 6 that you should have brought me to this point?
1 Chronicles 19:13
Context19:13 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!” 7
1 Chronicles 22:2
Context22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.
1 Chronicles 22:12
Context22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey 8 the law of the Lord your God.
1 Chronicles 28:12
Context28:12 He gave him 9 the blueprints of all he envisioned 10 for the courts of the Lord’s temple, all the surrounding rooms, the storehouses of God’s temple, and the storehouses for the holy items.
1 Chronicles 29:10
Context29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: 11
“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!
1 Chronicles 29:16
Context29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.
1 Chronicles 29:18
Context29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. 12
1 tn Heb “capable [for] the work of the task of the house of God.”
2 tn Heb “in the house of God.”
3 tn Heb “and the anger of the
4 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”
5 sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.
6 tn Heb “house.”
7 tn Heb “and the
8 tn Or “keep.”
9 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
10 tn Heb “the pattern of all which was in the spirit with him.”
11 tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.
12 tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”
