1 Chronicles — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Source guide and review record
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1 Chronicles
V1 working draft • Paired Hebrew and Greek • Sep 8, 2026
Complete working translation draft: all twenty-nine chapters independently translated from the directly consulted BHS and Rahlfs–Hanhart publisher ancient-language main texts. Every displayed Hebrew and Greek source unit is accounted for, including explicit Greek absences. A second AI agent has read all fifty-eight source chapters and checked every English row, note, source-reference sequence, and cited reception passage. No clear substantive translation error was found in that review. Qualified human scholarly review, comprehensive reception research, and critical-apparatus collation remain outstanding.
29 chapters • 943 Hebrew source verses • 930 Greek source units • 943 comparison rows
Reader’s guide
The first two columns give independently authored English renderings of the declared Hebrew and Greek main texts. The priority labels identify the reception traditions considered in the notes; they do not designate alternative ancient source texts. The third column records one governing comparison category, followed by textual observations and any specifically attributed Rabbinic or Saints reception. Later interpretation is distinguished from the translated wording.
References in square brackets identify each source unit. Bracketed absence notices are editorial. All quantities and ancient measures follow each source; uncertain names and compressed constructions remain visible. Editorial reading-unit headings aid navigation and do not claim to be a historical lectionary.
Source basis and review scope
Hebrew [H]: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, fifth corrected edition (1997). Greek [G]: Rahlfs–Hanhart, Septuaginta, second revised edition (2006). All displayed main-text chapters were directly read by the translating agent and then by a second reviewing agent. Critical apparatuses were not collated. Rabbinic commentary is attributed as presented; patristic works were consulted in the declared published English translations.
Numbering guide
Each source reference is explicit. An em dash denotes no corresponding source unit; bracketed absence notices are editorial and are not biblical wording. The Greek chapter 1 running text jumps from 10 to 17 and from 17 to 24. Its shorter genealogy is preserved without supplementing another recension. The content relationships among Hebrew 17–27 and Greek 17,24–27 are explained locally; Hebrew's repeated genealogy is not used to duplicate Greek source wording. Both declared source texts place the priestly genealogy in 5:27–41, corresponding to familiar English 6:1–15; it remains in source chapter five. Source chapter six begins with the next unit. Source 6:1–66 correspond to familiar English 6:16–81. All sixty-six source units are retained. Chapter 12 has forty-one source verses in both editions: source 4 and 5 together correspond to common English 12:4; source 6–41 correspond to English 12:5–40. Each source verse remains its own row. Greek chapter 16 has no source verse 24; the corresponding Hebrew row bears an editorial absence notice and Greek reference —. Navigation follows the declared source chapter and verse numbers, with the common-English exceptions listed above. The book therefore has 943 Hebrew source verses and comparison rows, and 930 Greek source units; classification totals count comparison rows, not unique textual variants.
Comparison categories
Same: corresponding meaning and content, allowing ordinary differences between languages. Conventional YHWH/Lord wording alone does not require a higher category.
Similar: the essentials agree, with a modest difference in expression, idiom, or emphasis worth explaining.
Different: a meaningful difference in a particular detail without an established major change in the passage’s force or consequence.
Divergent: added, omitted, or substantially rearranged material. This does not establish historical direction, scribal motive, or contradiction.
Disparate: a major difference in meaning or consequence; strict logical contradiction is not required. Ambiguous cases remain provisional and are explained locally.
Category totals count comparison rows: Same 295; Similar 131; Different 374; Divergent 107; Disparate 36. They are not counts of unique textual variants. Color supplements the category word.
Sources, Method & Decisions
Source register
Source [H] — Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, edited by Karl Elliger and Wilhelm Rudolph; fifth corrected edition edited by Adrian Schenker (1997). Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft publisher presentation, Chronica I.
Chapters 1–29, complete displayed publisher ancient-language running main texts read directly, including indexed publisher text where direct fetch was unavailable. Source chapter numbering retained. No apparatus collation. Access: Direct publisher ancient-language main text; no critical apparatus. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [G] — Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs; second revised edition edited by Robert Hanhart (2006). Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft publisher presentation, Paralipomenon I.
Chapters 1–29, complete displayed publisher ancient-language running main texts read directly, including indexed publisher text where direct fetch was unavailable. Greek chapter 1 lacks units 11–16 and 18–23; Greek chapter 16 lacks unit 24. All shorter sequences retained. No apparatus collation. Access: Direct publisher ancient-language main text; no critical apparatus. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [R1] — Commentary presented as Rashi on I Chronicles 2, Chabad Tanakh Hebrew text and English translation
Direct indexed text read at 2:8–9,15–18,20,24,48–53; selective notes use 2:18,50,52. No BHS apparatus or claim about disputed historical authorship. Access: Direct indexed Hebrew and English attributed commentary. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [S1] — Augustine of Hippo, On the Care of the Dead, section 18; English translation at New Advent
Section 18 read in context, with surrounding sections 16–19; note at 10:13 compares reception of Samuel appearing to Saul, without claiming direct quotation of Chronicles. Access: Direct English translation of patristic work; Latin original not collated. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [R2] — Commentary presented as Rashi on I Chronicles 11, Chabad Tanakh Hebrew text and English translation
11:11–25 and associated commentary read, plus 11:44 written/read distinction. Selective interpretation at 11:11,15–16,18,21; traditional readings at 11:11,20 explicitly verified. Access: Direct Hebrew and English attributed commentary and traditional written/read presentation; no BHS apparatus collation. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [S2] — Gregory the Great, Pastoral Rule, Book II, chapter 11; translated by James Barmby, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, volume 12 (1895), New Advent presentation
Book II chapter 11 read directly in English; 15:15 note identifies an Exodus-based thematic comparison concerning carrying the ark and scriptural study. Access: Direct English translation of patristic work; Latin original not collated. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [R3] — Commentary presented as Rashi on I Chronicles 17, Chabad Tanakh Hebrew and English presentation
Indexed commentary at 17:11,13,16–18 read directly; notes use 17:11,13,17. Access: Direct indexed Hebrew/English attributed commentary; historical authorship and apparatus not adjudicated. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [S3] — Augustine of Hippo, City of God, Book XVII, chapter 8; English translation at New Advent
Chapter XVII.8 read in full in English, with surrounding context; note on 17:12 identifies typological reception of the parallel Second Samuel 7 oracle. Access: Direct English translation of patristic work; Latin not collated. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Source [R4] — Commentary presented as Rashi on I Chronicles 29, Chabad Tanakh Hebrew and English presentation
Commentary at 29:1–10 read directly, with notes using 29:5,9,10. Historical attribution is reported as presented, not independently settled. Access: Direct Hebrew and English attributed commentary; no apparatus collation. Accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Chapter source coverage
All twenty-nine complete Hebrew and Greek publisher main-text chapters were read again for independent agent review. The linked source labels above each chapter resolve to its declared texts. All ordered source references matched the master. Hebrew chapter counts are 54, 55, 24, 43, 41, 66, 40, 40, 44, 14, 47, 41, 14, 17, 29, 43, 27, 17, 19, 8, 30, 19, 32, 31, 31, 32, 34, 21, 30. Greek chapter one has forty-two units and chapter sixteen has forty-two; other chapter counts agree. Source chapters accessed Sep 8, 2026.
Review and production scope
All fifty-eight actual publisher chapter texts read again by a second AI agent against every master English row and note. All 943 Hebrew and 930 Greek source labels match the ordered master sequences. Seven cited reception sources personally checked in the displayed Hebrew/English commentary or published English patristic translation. No translation changes were required. Qualified human review and book-specific apparatus collation are not claimed.
Not claimed: Book-specific critical-apparatus collation.
Not claimed: Manuscript image collation.
Not claimed: Independent human scholarly approval.
Not claimed: Full patristic and rabbinic reception survey.
Source references provide navigation. All translation rows, notes, and appendix content are retained.
Contextual terms
יהוה / κύριος — YHWH / Lord. Use only where each source supports the divine name or title; capitalize clear divine pronouns.
בני / υἱοί — sons. Genealogical labels remain literal; their scope may include descendants or peoples, but additional relationships are not supplied.
גבור / γίγας κυνηγός — mighty man / giant hunter. 1:10 preserves the Greek description independently.
אלוף / ἡγεμών — chief. Edomite leadership list; no European aristocratic title is imposed.
פלשתים / ἀλλόφυλοι — Philistines / foreigners. Chapter 10 and following: Greek designation retained, referring contextually to the Philistines.
אוב / ἐγγαστρίμυθος — medium / spirit medium. 10:13: forbidden consultation; Greek literally names a belly-speaking practitioner. Its added Samuel-response clause is preserved separately.
בכאים / ἄπιοι — baca trees / pear trees. 14:14–15: Hebrew botanical identification remains uncertain; Greek pear-tree designation and shaking sound retained.
פרץ / διακοπή — breach/breaking through / cutting. 13:11 and 14:11: retain each text’s event imagery and actual place-name form.
משא / ᾠδή — carrying (provisional) / song. 15:22,27: Hebrew may instead concern musical delivery; provisional role distinction is not a settled lexical conclusion.
אפוד בד / στολὴ βυσσίνη — linen ephod / fine-linen robe. 15:27 final clothing clause: Greek repeats robe and is not supplied with the Hebrew ephod.
שלט / κλοιός — shield / collar. 18:7: each source’s object retained; no automatic harmonization of military equipment and neck ornaments.
שטן / διάβολος — Satan / the devil. 21:1: conventional personal designations; adversary/slanderer lexical senses remain possible and the article does not settle identity. The two prepositions against/in are retained.
ככר / τάλαντον; שקל / σίκλος; אדרכון / χρυσοῦς — talent; shekel; daric / gold coin. 18–29 financial and weight contexts: retain actual units. 21:25 has six hundred gold shekels in both; 29:7 has darics in Hebrew and unqualified gold coins in Greek. No modern conversions.
מלא יד / πληρόω χεῖρας — fill the hand / fill the hands. 29:5: preserve consecration imagery; attributed Rashi reception connects the idiom with priestly consecration and willing gifts.
כפרת / ἐξιλασμός — atonement cover / propitiation. 28:11: Hebrew names the cover; Greek names propitiation, retained in the room designation without making the English noun settle later theological debates.
רוח / πνεῦμα — spirit. 28:12: the Greek says his spirit; Hebrew says in spirit with him. A specific Holy Spirit title is not inserted where the syntax remains open.
בירה / οἰκοδομή — palace / building. 29:1,19: retain Hebrew architectural royal imagery and Greek’s own building/house wording.
שוהם / σοομ; פוך / πολυτελής — shoham / soom; antimony-related stone / costly stone. 29:2: ancient mineral identifications remain provisional. Greek Parian marble is not silently reduced to the Hebrew general marble term.
Personal and place names — source-specific personal and place-name forms. Familiar forms are retained selectively, with transliterations where identity or forms differ. A further whole-series proper-name normalization pass is advisable; no automatic replacement between columns was used.
Material decisions
Sep 8, 2026: Continue from the supplied updated reference guide and completed 2 Kings workflow. English is independently authored from the declared Hebrew and Greek main texts; modern English translations do not substitute for either source.
Sep 8, 2026: Preserve chapter 1's shorter Greek genealogy, meaningful name differences, extra Elishah, altered family relationships, and omitted notices. No historical direction or scribal motive is inferred from the difference alone.
Sep 8, 2026: Familiar name forms are used when the referent and form correspond; substantive or uncertain differences remain visible. No automatic cross-column name replacement is applied.
Sep 8, 2026, 2:18: Replace initially drafted fathered children with Azubah with the direct-object reading fathered Azubah-ishah, after consulting the commentary presented as Rashi [R1]. No base wording changes; this is a documented interpretive revision. Category revised from provisional Disparate to Different because both sources can describe begetting, while names and the treatment of ishah differ.
Sep 8, 2026: Source chapter-five and chapter-six numbering retained; 5:27–41 = familiar English 6:1–15, and 6:1–66 = familiar English 6:16–81. Chapter-one Greek absences and all complete source sequences through chapter six reconciled.
11:11: Adopt verified traditional reading השלישים, officers, beside displayed BHS written השלושים with supplied reading vowels; Chabad [R2] explicitly distinguishes them. Greek thirty retained. Translate a documented reading tradition intelligibly without pretending the displayed written form agrees.
11:20: Adopt verified traditional לו, to him/he had, beside displayed BHS written ולא, and not; [R2] explicitly displays the distinction. Documented traditional reading supplies the reputation clause; written negative is recorded, not silently suppressed.
15:22: Classify Different after review, preserving the provisional carrying translation and explicit Greek songs. Hebrew massa may concern musical delivery; a major change in assigned role is not established.
Sep 8, 2026: Chapter 16 Greek verse twenty-four is absent in the consulted main text and has an explicit editorial absence cell, alongside the twelve chapter-one absences.
Sep 8, 2026: The written forms at 20:5 (Jaur) and 22:7 (his son) are retained; no new undocumented qere is silently adopted. Previously documented qere decisions at 11:11 and 11:20 remain in force.
Sep 8, 2026: Preserve 21:5 Judah totals, 21:6 differing causal descriptions, and 21:20 angel/king difference with the opaque Greek methachabin. No harmonization with Samuel or the Hebrew column.
Sep 8, 2026: Preserve unequal course and gate lists, including 25:3 five Hebrew names with total six, 25:9 Greek Godolia/Enia sequence, and 26:14 differing eastern and northern allocations.
Sep 8, 2026: Preserve source-specific royal language at 18:17 successors, 28:5 the Lord’s kingdom in both columns, and 29:23 YHWH’s throne versus David’s throne.
Sep 8, 2026: 28:11 Greek house of propitiation follows the reference guide’s contextual preference while preserving Hebrew atonement cover. This is an English term revision against the directly read main text, not a source emendation.
Sep 8, 2026: Whole-book required fields, unique source references, exact per-chapter source sequences, explicit absence cells, category totals, and spelled-out translated quantities checked. Complete source-text coverage does not establish apparatus or independent linguistic approval.
Sep 8, 2026: A second AI agent reviewed the entire authoritative master against all actual ancient-language source chapters and personally verified all seven reception sources. No translation changes were required. Existing provisional readings and classifications remain explicit; this review is not human specialist approval or critical-apparatus collation.
Classification totals and Disparate index
943 comparison rows: Same 295; Similar 131; Different 374; Divergent 107; Disparate 36. Each entry below repeats the governing textual rationale from its row; counts do not identify a number of unique variants.
1:36 — Text: Hebrew places Timna within the sons list; Greek's feminine genitive tēs Thamna makes Timna the parent through whom Amalek is named. The stated family relationship changes, rather than merely the name spelling. Zephi/Sophar also differs.
1:39 — Text: Hebrew lists two sons and then a sister; Greek lists four sons and has no sister clause. The family structure and participants differ materially, and Namna is not silently converted into the Hebrew sister Timna.
2:50 — Text: Hebrew's displayed singular son of Hur attaches a parentage description to Caleb. Greek begins a new plural sons-of-Hur list after closing Caleb's list. The generational structure differs; no emendation or identification of every Caleb is imposed. Rabbinic: The commentary presented as Rashi on 2:50 [R1] offers either his son Hur or a second Caleb, Hur’s son. These are interpretive alternatives; the displayed singular/plural difference is preserved provisionally.
3:21 — Text: Hebrew lists repeated sons-of groups after the opening names, while Greek gives a succession of singular his-son links. The resulting genealogical structure changes from grouped descendants to an explicit generational chain. The compressed Hebrew opening remains unresolved rather than silently rewritten to match Greek.
4:10 — Text: Hebrew petitions protection from harm and pain; Greek has gnōsin, knowledge, and a no-humiliation clause. Its conditional/future construction also differs from the Hebrew appeal. The prayer's stated content changes materially, although the difficult Greek conclusion remains provisional and requires syntactic review.
4:11 — Text: Hebrew identifies a brother relationship with Shuhah; Greek identifies fatherhood of Ascha. Mehir/Machir also differs. The combination changes the family's stated connections, rather than simply its spelling.
4:17 — Text: Hebrew has an unnamed female subject conceiving Miriam and others; Greek explicitly makes Jether the father and uses masculine Maron. Ishbah/Mareth also differs. This changes parenthood and the narrated agency; the missing Hebrew maternal antecedent is left unresolved.
4:22 — Text: Hebrew depicts dominion in Moab and ends with Jashubi-lehem and an ancient-records notice. Greek depicts residence, then an unnamed agent returning them, followed by opaque transliterations. The activities and final assertion differ materially; the Greek conclusion remains provisional.
5:1 — Text: Hebrew transfers a birthright passively to Joseph's sons; Greek has an active giving of blessing to his son Joseph, with an uncertain subject. The recipients, generation, and benefit differ materially. The Greek pronouns are not replaced with names to resolve the difficulty.
5:4 — Text: Hebrew gives the chain Shemaiah–Gog–Shimei. Greek names Semei and Banaia, then makes Goug a son of Semei before continuing his descendants. The names, order, and parentage structure differ substantially.
5:21 — Text: The captured camels differ tenfold, fifty thousand in Hebrew and five thousand in Greek, materially changing the stated scale of the booty. Greek's opening noun is baggage rather than livestock. The other three totals agree, including the human captives.
6:63 — Text: Hebrew explicitly locates the allocation east of the Jordan; Greek explicitly says west. The contrary geographical orientation changes the stated location and is not corrected from the tribal context.
7:24 — Text: Hebrew expressly names a daughter as the builder of three settlements. Greek does not identify a daughter as builder and turns the Uzzen-sheerah position into Ozan's sons, Seera, continuing into the next unit. The agency, family relationship, and third settlement change materially; the unnamed Greek builder and remaining-ones phrase remain provisional.
7:35 — Text: Hebrew makes Helem the brother and introduces his descendants. Greek treats Baneelam as the final name of the preceding list, then names four brothers. The family structure changes; Hebrew's singular son before four names remains visible.
8:38 — Text: Hebrew lists Bocheru as a separate name, yielding six named sons; Greek reads “his firstborn” after Ezrikam and names only five while retaining the total six. The family membership, not merely spelling, changes; no sixth Greek name is supplied.
9:8 — Text: Greek reads “these were sons” instead of introducing Hebrew Elah, thereby attaching a plural group to Ozi; the ancestry's relationship changes. Michri/Machir and Ibnijah/Banaia also differ. The exact extent of “these” remains uncertain.
9:20 — Text: Hebrew explicitly asserts YHWH's presence with Phinehas; Greek says “these” were with him, referring to people rather than naming divine accompaniment. The resulting assertion of support differs substantially.
9:32 — Text: Hebrew assigns the bread to an unnamed plural group of Kohathites; Greek names one individual, Banaias. The weekly task agrees, but its assigned personnel change.
9:44 — Text: As at eight thirty-eight, Hebrew names Bocheru separately; Greek instead describes Esdrikam as his firstborn, leaving five names alongside the retained total six. No missing Greek son is invented.
10:13 — Text: Greek adds the explicit assertion that Samuel the prophet answered Saul. Hebrew here reports the forbidden consultation without asserting a response. This materially changes the narrated outcome while both condemn Saul. Saints: Augustine, On the Care of the Dead 18 [S1], allows divine disclosure to the departed and discusses Samuel's appearance, acknowledging the alternative view of an impersonating spirit while invoking Sirach's praise of Samuel's posthumous prophecy. This is reception of the Samuel episode, not a quotation of this Chronicles verse.
11:8 — Text: Hebrew specifies the Millo and gives Joab the work of restoring the remainder; Greek instead continues the singular agent's fighting and capture, with no Joab or Millo clause. Hebrew “restored” literally gives life and can also imply preserving inhabitants; that ambiguity does not erase the major difference in action and agency.
11:34 — Text: Hebrew has an unnamed plural sons-of-Hashem entry; Greek instead lists Bennaias and Osom separately. Jonathan's father also changes to Sola. The familial structure, not simply transliteration, differs.
11:46 — Text: Hebrew makes Jeribai and Joshaviah sons of Elnaam; Greek makes Josia the son of the preceding man and lists Elnaam separately. The changed parentage is retained; the exact Greek antecedent is provisionally Jaribi.
12:19 — Text: Hebrew begins with a pledge of belonging and support; Greek commands David and his people to go. This changes the speech act materially. Hebrew's rank is rendered from its supplied officers vocalization, as at eleven eleven; Greek expressly says thirty. Neither source explicitly names this spirit as God's, though the speech names God's help.
13:6 — Text: Hebrew locates the expedition at Baalah/Kiriath-jearim; Greek says the City of David and adds that David brought it up. This changes the stated location and sequence; the later verse's City of David destination is not used to correct this Greek wording. The final relative phrase has uncertain attachment in both.
16:15 — Text: Hebrew commands the people to remember; Greek's masculine singular participle continues the divine subject and describes God's remembering. The covenant obligation and assurance thus have different agents, while the thousand generations agree.
17:14 — Text: Hebrew locates the successor in God's own kingdom, My kingdom; Greek says his kingdom, the successor's. This is a substantive change in the explicit portrayal of royal possession, though both promise divine establishment.
17:16 — Text: Hebrew marvels at being brought to this point; Greek explicitly declares enduring divine love. The stated benefit and its temporal scope differ substantially within the same humble question.
18:17 — Text: The Hebrew assigns David's sons precedence beside the king; the Greek calls them successors, which gives their status a dynastic or succession-related force. The exact institutional sense of Greek diadochoi remains open.
19:6 — Text: Hebrew describes the Ammonites' becoming offensive to David; Greek describes the humiliation of David's people. The affected party and stated reason for military preparation differ. The payment agrees.
21:6 — Text: The same tribes are excluded, but Hebrew grounds the exclusion in Joab's abhorrence of the order, while Greek states that the order overpowered him. The Greek causal logic is retained without changing the verb to agree with Hebrew.
21:20 — Text: Hebrew identifies the angel as the one seen; Greek identifies the king. Greek retains the opaque transliteration methachabin where Hebrew has hiding, so that word is not silently translated from Hebrew. The four sons and wheat threshing agree.
25:9 — Text: Greek places Godolia before the second-lot clause and names Enia with that second lot, whereas Hebrew assigns the second to Gedaliah. Greek also adds sons and brothers to the first-lot opening. The difficult Greek sequence is retained without relocating Godolia or deleting Enia to regularize the list.
26:14 — Text: Greek associates Zacharia with the east and introduces Joas's sons and Melchia for the north; Hebrew assigns the north to Shelemiah's son Zechariah. The different assignments and participants are preserved.
26:20 — Text: Hebrew names Ahijah as the overseer; Greek makes the Levites their brothers the collective subjects. Hebrew God also corresponds to Greek Lord.
29:23 — Text: The Hebrew explicitly identifies the throne as YHWH's; Greek identifies it as David's. Hebrew prospered corresponds to Greek being favorably accepted. The different royal-theological description is retained even though both traditions elsewhere connect human kingship with divine authority.
Open questions
Qualified human Hebrew and Greek review, book-specific critical-apparatus work, broader attributed reception research, and whole-series proper-name normalization remain outstanding. A full independent AI agent main-text and selective reception review has been completed; this does not settle the specific interpretive uncertainties below.
Chapter 1's shorter Greek sequence is the directly displayed Rahlfs–Hanhart main text. Its relation to other Greek recensions requires evidence not yet consulted.
1:29 Greek genealogies of Ishmael's firstborn is syntactically compressed; the provisional rendering preserves the genitive relation.
1:36 Timna's relationship and 1:39 the four-member Greek son list differ from Hebrew and require genealogical review without harmonization.
1:42 the Hebrew displayed Dishon and surrounding Dishan/Dishon forms require written/read and name-form review.
2:18 Hebrew et and ishah, and the maternal antecedent, require independent review. The recorded Rashi interpretation supports the adopted direct-object and compound-name construal; this is not a claim of unanimity.
2:24 Caleb-ephrathah versus Caleb came to Ephratha, 2:25 Ahijah versus his brother, and 2:32 the Greek Achisamai son entry preserve different genealogy statements.
2:48 masculine fathering verb, 2:50 singular son/plural sons and clause boundary, and 2:52–55 the place and family lists remain interpretively difficult. The provisional choices and selected Rashi alternatives are recorded in notes.
3:17 assir as captive or name, 3:19 Pedaiah/Salathiel parentage, and 3:21 grouped sons versus the Greek generational chain require independent genealogical and syntactic review.
3:22 five listed sons with the stated total six, and 3:24 the unusual Hebrew Hodayvahu name, remain unharmonized pending written/read review.
4:3 the father-of-Etam phrase, 4:8 Rechab brother syntax, 4:10 Greek knowledge prayer, 4:17 unnamed Hebrew mother versus Greek Jether, and 4:19 expanded Greek genealogy are explicitly provisional.
4:21–22 Greek ephrath abak and abedirin athoukiin remain untranslated lexical forms; the final Greek return statement needs specialist review.
4:31–32 the altered settlement list, half-of-Sosim phrase, and four Greek names with total five require textual and geographical review.
5:1 Greek giving of blessing and pronoun referents, 5:4 rearranged genealogy, 5:10 resident-alien and dwelling clauses, and 5:14–15 altered ancestry require independent review.
5:21 the directly displayed camel totals are fifty thousand in Hebrew and five thousand in Greek; no explanation of textual development has been established.
6:11 repeated Hebrew Elkanah and irregular son form, 6:13 Vashni/Sani and possible second reading, and 6:20 displayed Ziph require direct written/read and syntactic review.
6:42–45 city order and added Greek settlements are retained: the stated thirteen-city total is not used to invent missing names. Greek 6:50 lacks Benjamin in its summary despite naming Benjamin in 6:45.
6:63 east of the Jordan in Hebrew and west in Greek are directly displayed and remain unharmonized.
7:24–27: the Greek builder, personal-name boundaries, and genitives remain syntactically uncertain; the daughter-builder and town name in Hebrew are not inserted into Greek.
8:7: Greek iglaam is an opaque transliteration, retained provisionally; 8:8 has difficult accusative syntax.
8:38: Greek says six sons but names five after interpreting the expression corresponding to Hebrew Bocheru as his firstborn.
11:8: Hebrew gives life to the rest of the city can denote restoration or preservation of inhabitants.
11:15–16,21–22: leadership grouping, netsiv governor/garrison, the two/three ranking, ariel, and Greek hyper Kabasael need further linguistic review.
11:34,46: Greek personal-name segmentation changes familial links; the indicated antecedent at 11:46 is provisional.
12:15: for a hundred/for a thousand may describe command size or equivalent prowess.
12:18–19: the Greek heart/truth-of-hand syntax remains uncertain; the Greek command to go is retained beside the Hebrew loyalty declaration.
12:19: officers follows the supplied traditional vocalization as at 11:11; a complete book-wide written/read inventory remains to be collated.
12:22,33: Greek geddour is opaque, and the leadership phrase in 12:33 has uncertain attachment.
13:6: Greek City of David differs from Hebrew Baalah/Kiriath-jearim; no harmonization is made despite subsequent itinerary.
14:14–15: Hebrew baca botanical identification remains open; marching and shaking sounds are kept distinct.
15:18: Ben may be a personal name or incomplete son-of expression; Greek omits it and adds Ozias, retaining fourteen entries under the chosen segmentation.
15:20–22,27: the musical directions Alamoth/Sheminith and Greek forms remain unexplained; Hebrew massa can mean carrying or musical delivery. The role assessment at 15:22 remains provisional and is classified Different, not a demonstrated major change.
16:3: Hebrew eshpar and Greek amorites are uncertain food designations; the three-versus-two provision list is retained.
16:32,34: Greek tree/field pronoun syntax and neuter good remain provisional.
16:24: absence in the consulted Rahlfs–Hanhart publisher main text is directly observed; other recensions and apparatus have not been collated.
17:5: Hebrew ends with from a dwelling without a matching destination; the compressed ending is retained.
17:8–10: temporal force of Hebrew coordinated clauses admits alternative readings; Greek aorists and futures are retained independently.
17:17–18,21: rank/vision imagery, omitted object of glorifying, and the divine leading/redemption syntax merit further review.
18:3 Hamath attachment, 18:8 Metabechas and choice cities, and 18:17 the institutional force of Greek successors need specialist review.
19:4 Greek anabole garment location and 20:3 Hebrew sawing/tool terminology are uncertain; no unverified mitigation into forced labor is adopted.
20:2 their king/Molchol and possible divine identity, 20:5 the written/read father-name, and 20:8 the added Greek total four warrant further textual review.
21:1 satan/diabolos identification; 21:20 the transliteration methachabin; 21:25 the locative or payment construction; 21:30 the Greek haste verb remain explicitly provisional.
22:11,13 the Greek third-person success verbs, 22:16 the counted materials or workers, and 23:13 consecration syntax need independent review.
23:7 Parosom, 24:23 abbreviated Hebrew genealogy versus Greek sons of Jediou, 24:26–27 Beno/his son and Greek Bonni, and 24:31 araab remain unresolved source expressions.
25:4 the musical names; 25:5 horn imagery; 25:9 the Greek first/second-lot sequence; and 26:6 Rosai/firstborn syntax require independent linguistic and apparatus review.
26:10–18 the Greek gatekeeper names and duty allocations, 26:25 the shortened genealogy, and 27:34 the final counselor sequence are retained without reconstruction.
27:5 priest-title attachment differs in the chosen parsings and remains uncertain in Hebrew; no unwarranted conclusion about the historical office is imposed.
28:11 zakcho and 28:17 kephphoure are opaque Greek borrowed forms; 28:12 spirit syntax and 28:19 written revelation structure require further review.
29:2 mineral identifications, 29:10 our father attachment, and 29:15 hope/endurance language are provisional. Selective attributed reception does not establish a unanimous interpretation.