1 Tawarikh 4:9

4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.” ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 13:10

13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, ²  he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. ³  He died right there before God. ⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 13:13

13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; ⁵  he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Tawarikh 19:13

19:13 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!” ⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 29:10

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ⁷ 

“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

[4:9]  ¹ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”

[13:10]  ² tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

[13:10]  ³ tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”

[13:10]  ⁴ 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.

[13:13]  ⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[19:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the Lord, what is good in his eyes, he will do.”

[29:10]  ⁷ 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.