1 Tawarikh 16:6

16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

1 Tawarikh 19:10

19:10 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 16:4

16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.

1 Tawarikh 19:9

19:9 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

1 Tawarikh 28:8

28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: ²  Carefully observe ³  all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

1 Tawarikh 15:24

15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians ⁴  of the ark.

1 Tawarikh 29:10

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ⁵ 

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

1 Tawarikh 24:6

24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. ⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. ⁷  This time ⁸  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. ⁹ 

1 Tawarikh 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David ¹⁰  left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 16:30

16:30 Tremble before him, all the earth!

The world is established, it cannot be moved.

1 Tawarikh 16:33

16:33 Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord,

for he comes to judge the earth!

1 Tawarikh 16:39

16:39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served ¹²  before the Lord’s tabernacle at the worship center ¹³  in Gibeon,

1 Tawarikh 29:20

29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.

1 Tawarikh 14:15

14:15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. ¹⁴  For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army ¹⁵  of the Philistines.”

1 Tawarikh 15:23

15:23 Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians ¹⁶  of the ark;

1 Tawarikh 11:17

11:17 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink ¹⁷  from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”

1 Tawarikh 24:31

24:31 Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. ¹⁸ 

1 Tawarikh 5:25

5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors ¹⁹  and worshiped instead ²⁰  the gods of the native peoples ²¹  whom God had destroyed before them.

1 Tawarikh 6:32

6:32 They performed music ²²  before the sanctuary ²³  of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. ²⁴  They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

1 Tawarikh 17:8

17:8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated ²⁵  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ²⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 21:21

21:21 When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face ²⁷  to the ground.

1 Tawarikh 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ²⁸  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Tawarikh 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ²⁹  in the earth? Their God ³⁰  went to claim ³¹  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ³²  when you drove out ³³  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ³⁴ 

[19:10]  ¹ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.

[19:10]  tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

[28:8]  ² tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:8]  ³ tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”

[15:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “gatekeepers.”

[29:10]  ⁵ 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.

[24:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”

[14:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

[14:14]  ⁸ tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

[14:14]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.

[16:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:37]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”

[16:39]  ¹² tn The word “served” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[16:39]  ¹³ tn Or “high place.”

[14:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “go out in battle.”

[14:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “camp.”

[15:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “gatekeepers.”

[11:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see BDB 566 s.v. f.

[24:31]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”

[5:25]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[5:25]  ²⁰ tn Heb “prostituted themselves after.”

[5:25]  ²¹ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

[6:32]  ²² tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”

[6:32]  ²³ tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”

[6:32]  ²⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:8]  ²⁵ tn Heb “cut off.”

[17:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”

[21:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “nostrils.”

[28:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[17:21]  ²⁹ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ³⁰ 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]  ³¹ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ³² tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ³³ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ³⁴ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”