But I have chosen Jerusalem … and I have chosen David …: God is now choosing Jerusalem as a special place of worship, and he is choosing David to rule his people. This verse contains a clear contrast with verse 5. For this reason it is appropriate to translate the common Hebrew conjunction at the beginning of this verse as but. Some versions also add the word “now” (Good News Translation, New International Version, New Living Translation, New Century Version, New American Bible) to emphasize the contrast.

That my name may be there: See the comments on the previous verse.

To be over my people Israel is a literal translation, which may be rendered “to rule my people” (Good News Translation; similarly New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh).

Translators should make sure that readers will understand that within the words of Solomon, the quotation of what God said stops at the end of this verse.

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 .