SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:25

17:25a For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him.

For you, my God, have opened my ear, ⌊so that I,⌋ your servant, can know that you will build ⌊my⌋ dynasty.
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You, my God, have revealed to ⌊me,⌋ your servant, that you will make my descendants ⌊become kings⌋ .

17:25b Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.

So ⌊I⌋ your servant, have the courage to pray to you ⌊in this way⌋ .
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⌊Therefore, I am⌋ brave ⌊enough⌋ to pray to you ⌊like this⌋ . ⌊I pray like this even though I am only⌋ your servant.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 19:13

19:13a Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God.

Be strong! Let us fight with courage for ⌊the sake of⌋ our people and the cities of our God.
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⌊We have to⌋ be strong ⌊and courageous⌋ ! Let us fight hard ⌊to protect⌋ our people and the towns ⌊where⌋ our God ⌊is honored⌋ .

19:13b May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

⌊May⌋ Yahweh do what he sees to be good.”
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⌊I pray that⌋ Yahweh will do what ⌊he considers to be⌋ good in his view.”

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 21:18

21:18a Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David

Then the angel of Yahweh commanded ⌊the prophet⌋ Gad to speak to ⌊King⌋ David.
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After that Yahweh sent his angel to Gad ⌊and commanded him⌋ , “Go and speak to David.

21:18b to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

⌊He/the angel, told David⌋ to go to the threshing place of the Jebusite Araunah/Ornan. There David should build an altar, ⌊that is a sacred construction made of natural stones to worship⌋ Yahweh.
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‘Tell him, “Go(sing) up to the place where Ornan from ⌊the town called⌋ Jebus beats out his grain. There you must build an altar to ⌊worship⌋ Yahweh.’”

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 23:1

23:1a When David was old and full of years,

By this time David was an old, old man.
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David was old and his life had nearly finished. (EEB)

23:1b he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

He chose his son Solomon to rule over Israel as king. (EEB)
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⌊So⌋ he ⌊stepped down from the throne and⌋ made his son Solomon the new king of Israel.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 24:1

24:1a These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron.

This is about the groups of Aaron’s sons. (Easy English Bible)
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⌊The priests,⌋ the descendants of Aaron, were also divided into groups for service.

24:1b The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Aaron’s four (4) sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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Aaron was the father of four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 25:2

25:2a From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah.

From Asaph’s sons were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asarelah. (Easy English Bible)
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Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah were the sons of Asaph.

25:2b These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph,

Asaph had authority over their work. (EEB)
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Asaph was the leader of his sons.

25:2c who prophesied under the direction of the king.

He would speak a message from God when the king told him to do that. (EEB)
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Whenever King ⌊David⌋ told him to sing the messages of God, he did so.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 26:3

26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.

Meshelemiah’s fifth son was Elam. His sixth son was Jehohanan. His seventh son was Eliehoenai.
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and Elam and Jehohanan and Eliehoenai.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 27:3

27:3 He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.

Jashobeam’s ancestor was Perez ⌊from the tribe of Judah⌋ . Jashobeam was the commander in charge of all the military officers/clerks and soldiers in the first month ⌊of the year⌋ .
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⌊Jashobeam’s father was Zabdiel.⌋ Jashobeam was from the clan of Perez. He was the chief responsible for the troops and officers/administrators for the first month ⌊of each year⌋ .

27:2–3 (reordered)

The first group of 24,000 warriors was led by a man named Jashobeam. Jashobeam’s father was Zabdiel. Jashobeam was a descendant of Perez. Jashobeam was the superior officer over all the army officers ⌊and warriors⌋ for the first month ⌊of each year⌋ .

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