¹ tn Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”

² tn Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord, guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.

³ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

⁴ tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the Lord.”

⁵ tn Heb “the ark of God the Lord who sits [between] the cherubim which is called [by his] name.”

⁶ tn Heb “go out in battle.”

⁷ tn Heb “camp.”

⁸ tn Heb “because for what was at first [i.e., formerly] you [were] not, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him concerning the procedure.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”

¹² tn Heb “house.”

¹³ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.

¹⁴ tn Heb “house.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “tent curtains.”

¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

¹⁸ tn Here the word “house” is used in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. The Lord’s use of the word here plays off the literal sense that David had in mind as he contemplated building a temple (“house”) for the Lord. In the translation the adjective “dynastic” is supplied to indicate that the term is used metaphorically.

¹⁹ tn Heb “and this was small in your eyes, O God, so you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a distance.”

²⁰ tn The translation “You have revealed to me what men long to know” is very tentative; the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The text appears to read literally, “and you see me like the searching of man, that which is upward,” which is nonsensical. The translation above assumes the following: (1) The Qal verb translated “you see me” is repointed as a Hiphil, “you showed me,” (2) תּוֹר (tor) is understood in the sense of “searching, exploring,” and (3) הַמַּעֲלָה (hamma’alah) is taken in a temporal sense of “that which lies beyond.” Thus one could translate, “you have shown me what men search for, what lies beyond.”

²¹ tn Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result: “so it might become a reality.”

²² tn Heb “so it might be established.”

²³ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result (parallel to the previous purpose/result clause): “[so]…you might gain lasting fame.”

²⁴ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

²⁵ tc Heb “the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], the God of Israel, Israel’s God.” The phrases אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohey yisra’el, “God of Israel”) and אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohim lÿyisra’el, “Israel’s God”) are probably alternative readings that have been conflated in the text.

²⁶ tn Heb “the house of David.”

²⁷ tn Heb “house.”

²⁸ tn Heb “for you, O Lord, have blessed and [it is] blessed permanently.”

²⁹ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

³⁰ tn Heb “from.”

³¹ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac of 2 Sam 8:12 read “Edom” in agreement with 1 Chr 18:11 (cf. 2 Sam 8:14).

³² tn Or “people.”

³³ tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.

³⁴ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

³⁵ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

³⁶ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

³⁷ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

³⁸ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

³⁹ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

⁴⁰ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”

⁴¹ tn Or “high place.”

⁴² tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

⁴³ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

⁴⁴ tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the Lord, to serve him, and to bless his name permanently.”

⁴⁵ tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

⁴⁶ tn Heb “and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.”

⁴⁷ tn Heb “belonging to Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun.”

⁴⁸ tn This name appears as “Izri” in v. 10.

⁴⁹ tc One Hebrew ms and some LXX mss supply the name “Shimei” after “Jeshaiah.” Most Hebrew mss omit the name here (but cf. v. 17).

⁵⁰ tc The list includes only five names. Apparently the name “Shimei” (see v. 17), which appears in one medieval Hebrew ms and in the LXX, has been accidentally omitted from the Hebrew text.

⁵¹ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵² tn Heb “the pattern of all which was in the spirit with him.”

⁵³ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵⁴ tn Heb “for the gold, by the weight, for the gold, for all the items of service and service, for all the items of silver by weight for all the items of service and service.”

⁵⁵ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵⁶ tc The Hebrew text reads מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah, “chariot”), but the final he (ה) is probably dittographic – note the prefixed he (ה) on the immediately following word. It is preferable to read מֶרְכָּב (merkav, “seat”).

⁵⁷ tc The Hebrew text does not have “their wings,” but the word כְּנָפַיִם (kÿnafayim, “wings”) has probably been accidentally omitted by homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding לְפֹרְשִׂים (lÿforsim) also ends in mem (ם).

⁵⁸ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”