1 Tawarikh 29:18

29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ²  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ³  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

1 Tawarikh 16:10

16:10 Boast about his holy name!

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

1 Tawarikh 29:9

29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; ⁴  King David was also very happy. ⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ⁶  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ⁷  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ⁸  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

1 Tawarikh 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. ⁹  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; ¹⁰  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 28:10

28:10 Realize ¹²  now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

1 Tawarikh 17:19

17:19 O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, ¹³  you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness. ¹⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 29:19

29:19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.” ¹⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 13:11

13:11 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; ¹⁶  so he called that place Perez Uzzah, ¹⁷  which remains its name to this very day.

1 Tawarikh 22:13

22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. ¹⁸  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁹ 

1 Tawarikh 15:29

15:29 As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him. ²⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ²¹  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ²²  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ²³  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ²⁴ 

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! ²⁵  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.

1 Tawarikh 17:25

17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty ²⁶  for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. ²⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ²⁸  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ²⁹  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ³⁰  may the God of our ancestors ³¹  take notice and judge!”

1 Tawarikh 5:20

5:20 They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him. ³² 

1 Tawarikh 17:2

17:2 Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever you have in mind, ³³  for God is with you.”

1 Tawarikh 12:33

12:33 From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. ³⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 5:26

5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up ³⁵  King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), ³⁶  and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

1 Tawarikh 22:7

22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted ³⁷  to build a temple to honor ³⁸  the Lord my God.

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!” ³⁹ 

1 Tawarikh 21:13

21:13 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ⁴⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 29:5

29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”

1 Tawarikh 14:17

14:17 So David became famous ⁴¹  in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him. ⁴² 

1 Tawarikh 21:1

The Lord Sends a Plague against Israel

21:1 An adversary ⁴³  opposed ⁴⁴  Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. ⁴⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 28:21

28:21 Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. ⁴⁶  The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.” ⁴⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 9:32

9:32 Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.

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. ⁴⁸  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Tawarikh 29:6

29:6 The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly.

1 Tawarikh 29:14

29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? ⁴⁹  Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. ⁵⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 6:33

6:33 These are the ones who served along with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Tawarikh 6:54

6:54 These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived: ⁵¹ 

The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: ⁵² 

1 Tawarikh 15:16

15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. ⁵³ 

1 Tawarikh 28:12

28:12 He gave him ⁵⁴  the blueprints of all he envisioned ⁵⁵  for the courts of the Lord’s temple, all the surrounding rooms, the storehouses of God’s temple, and the storehouses for the holy items.

1 Tawarikh 21:23

21:23 Ornan told David, “You can have it! ⁵⁶  My master, the king, may do what he wants. ⁵⁷  Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.”

1 Tawarikh 29:4

29:4 This includes 3,000 talents ⁵⁸  of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings,

1 Tawarikh 29:22

29:22 They held a feast ⁵⁹  before the Lord that day and celebrated. ⁶⁰ 

Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; ⁶¹  before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

[29:18]  ¹ tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”

[29:17]  ² tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ³ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”

[29:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “with a complete heart.”

[29:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”

[28:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “know.”

[28:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

[28:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[12:38]  ⁹ tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

[12:38]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

[12:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

[28:10]  ¹² tn Heb “see.”

[17:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “heart.”

[17:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to make known all the great deeds.”

[29:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”

[13:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “because the Lord broke out [with] breaking out [i.e., an outburst] against Uzzah.”

[13:11]  ¹⁷ sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”

[22:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ¹⁹ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[15:29]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”

[22:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

[22:19]  ²² tn Heb “to bring.”

[22:19]  ²³ tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

[22:19]  ²⁴ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”

[28:20]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”

[17:25]  ²⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[17:25]  ²⁷ tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”

[12:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ²⁹ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

[12:17]  ³⁰ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

[12:17]  ³¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[5:20]  ³² tn Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried out in the battle and he was entreated [or “allowed himself to be entreated”] by them for they trusted in him.”

[17:2]  ³³ tn Heb “all which is in your heart.”

[12:33]  ³⁴ tn Heb “from Zebulun, those going out for battle, prepared for war with all weapons of war, 50,000, and to help without a heart and a heart.”

[5:26]  ³⁵ tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”

[5:26]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).

[22:7]  ³⁷ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ³⁸ tn Heb “for the name of.”

[19:13]  ³⁹ tn Heb “and the Lord, what is good in his eyes, he will do.”

[21:13]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “There is great distress to me; let me fall into the hand of the Lord for his mercy is very great, but into the hand of men let me not fall.”

[14:17]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “the name of David went out.”

[14:17]  ⁴² tn Heb “and the Lord placed fear of him upon all the nations.”

[21:1]  ⁴³ tn Or “Satan.” The Hebrew word שָׂטָן (satan) can refer to an adversary in general or Satan in particular. There is no article accompanying the term here, which suggests it should be understood generally (cf. NAB “a satan”).

[21:1]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “stood against.”

[21:1]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “and incited David to count Israel.” As v. 5 indicates, David was not interested in a general census, but in determining how much military strength he had.

[21:1]  sn The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:1 says, “The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel and he incited David against them, saying: ‘Go, count Israel and Judah!’“ The version of the incident in the Book of 2 Samuel gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. Many interpreters and translations render the Hebrew שָׂטָן as a proper name here, “Satan” (NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). However, the Hebrew term שָׂטָן, which means “adversary,” is used here without the article. Elsewhere when it appears without the article, it refers to a personal or national adversary in the human sphere, the lone exception being Num 22:22, 32, where the angel of the Lord assumes the role of an adversary to Balaam. When referring elsewhere to the spiritual entity known in the NT as Satan, the noun has the article and is used as a title, “the Adversary” (see Job 1:6-9, 12; 2:1-4, 6-7; Zech 3:1-2). In light of usage elsewhere the adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. For compelling linguistic and literary arguments against taking the noun as a proper name here, see S. Japhet, I & II Chronicles (OTL), 374-75.

[28:21]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”

[28:21]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”

[28:2]  ⁴⁸ 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.”

[29:14]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”

[29:14]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”

[6:54]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “and these were their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territory to the sons of Aaron.”

[6:54]  ⁵² tn Heb “to the clan of the Kohathites for to them was the lot.”

[15:16]  ⁵³ tn Heb “causing to be heard to lift up with a voice of joy.”

[28:12]  ⁵⁴ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:12]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “the pattern of all which was in the spirit with him.”

[21:23]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “take for yourself.”

[21:23]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”

[29:4]  ⁵⁸ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, David had supplied 101 tons (91,800 kg) of gold and 235.5 tons (214,200 kg) of silver.

[29:22]  ⁵⁹ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[29:22]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “with great joy.”

[29:22]  ⁶¹ sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.