Discovery Box1 Chronicles 16:13-18 
Context16:13 O children 1 of Israel, God’s 2 servant,
you descendants of Jacob, God’s 3 chosen ones!
16:14 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 4
16:15 Remember 5 continually his covenantal decree,
the promise he made 6 to a thousand generations –
16:16 the promise 7 he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 8
16:17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise, 9
16:18 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
1 tn Heb “seed.”
2 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”
5 tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX
6 tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.
7 tn Heb “which.”
8 tn Heb “his oath to Isaac.”
9 tn Or “eternal covenant.”
