1 Tawarikh 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ²  to ravage ³  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ⁴  the Lord watched ⁵  and relented from ⁶  his judgment. ⁷  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ⁸  Stop now!” ⁹ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ¹⁰  the Jebusite.

1 Tawarikh 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹¹  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

[17:13]  ¹ sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.

[21:15]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ⁶ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ⁸ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ¹⁰ 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.

[28:20]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”