1 Tawarikh 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ¹  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ²  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ³  may the God of our ancestors ⁴  take notice and judge!”

1 Tawarikh 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ⁵  to ravage ⁶  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ⁷  the Lord watched ⁸  and relented from ⁹  his judgment. ¹⁰  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ¹¹  Stop now!” ¹² 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ¹³  the Jebusite.

1 Tawarikh 23:31

23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. ¹⁴ 

[12:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ² tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

[12:17]  ³ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

[12:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

[21:15]  ⁶ tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ⁸ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ⁹ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ¹¹ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ¹² tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ¹³ tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.

[23:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the Lord.”