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1 Chronicles 22:16-18
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 22:16-18
New English Translation
16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron.[a] Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”
17 David ordered all the officials of Israel to support[b] his son Solomon. 18 He told them,[c] “The Lord your God is with you![d] He has made you secure on every side,[e] for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region[f] and the region[g] is subdued before the Lord and his people.
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- 1 Chronicles 22:16 tn Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:17 tn Or “help.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the Lord your God with you?” The question anticipates the response, “Of course he is!” Thus in the translation the positive statement “The Lord your God is with you!” has been used.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 tn Or “earth.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 tn Or “earth.”
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