1 Tawarikh 12:23

Support for David in Hebron

12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ²  in the earth? Their God ³  went to claim ⁴  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁵  when you drove out ⁶  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 19:2

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ⁸  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ⁹  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ¹⁰  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ¹¹ 

[12:23]  ¹ 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.”

[17:21]  ² tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ³ tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

[19:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[19:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[19:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”