And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail: The pronoun their refers back to the seven sons of Jesse. Good News Translation puts the focus back on Jesse himself by translating this clause as “He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail” (similarly Contemporary English Version). Good News Translation places even more focus on Jesse by adding “Jesse’s daughter” when speaking of the sons of Zeruiah. If a literal translation of the Hebrew is clear in the receptor language, there seems to be no reason to change the focus as Good News Translation has done.

The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three: Zeruiah’s three sons played important roles as military leaders during the reign of David (see especially 1 Chr 11.26 and 18.12, as well as 2 Sam 2–3).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .