1 Chronicles 13 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 13:6
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Chapter 13
Hebrew source [H13] • Greek source [G13]
The ark’s journey and the breach against Uzza (13:1–14)
Verse 13:1 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:1] David consulted the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, every leader.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:1] David took counsel with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, every leader.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both include the two military ranks and all leaders in the consultation.
Verse 13:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:2] David said to all Israel's assembly, “If it seems good to you and is from YHWH our God, let us send far and wide to our brothers who remain throughout Israel's lands, and with them the priests and Levites in the towns with their pasturelands, so that they may gather to us.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:2] David said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and is prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brothers who remain throughout Israel's land, and with them the priests, the Levites, in their possession towns, and they shall gather to us.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek explicitly says prospered and uses possession towns beside Hebrew towns with pasturelands. Greek has no conjunction between priests and Levites; its appositional or coordinate force remains open.
Verse 13:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:3] Let us bring our God's ark around to us, for we did not seek it in Saul's days.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:3] Let us transfer our God's ark to us, for they have not sought it since Saul's days.”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew makes the confession first-person plural, we; Greek says they. The temporal expression also differs, in/since Saul's days.
Verse 13:4 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:4] The entire assembly agreed to do so, for the matter was right in the eyes of all the people.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:4] The whole assembly agreed to do so, for the matter was right in the eyes of all the people.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both record unanimous approval.
Verse 13:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:5] David assembled all Israel from Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring God's ark from Kiriath-jearim.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:5] David assembled all Israel from Egypt's borders to the entrance of Emath, to bring God's ark from the city of Jarim.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew names Shihor; Greek gives the broader Egypt's borders. Both identify the ark's starting city, with Greek translating the city element.
Verse 13:6 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:6] David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, YHWH enthroned upon the cherubim, over which the Name is invoked.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:6] David brought it up, and all Israel went up to the City of David, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, enthroned upon cherubim, where His name was invoked.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. 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.
Verse 13:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:7] They carried God's ark on a new cart from Abinadab's house; Uzza and Ahio were driving the cart.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:7] They placed God's ark on a new cart from Amminadab's house; Oza and his brothers were leading the cart.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The householder is Abinadab/Amminadab; Hebrew names Ahio beside Uzza, while Greek gives Oza's brothers as a plural group.
Verse 13:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:8] David and all Israel celebrated before God with all their might, with songs, lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:8] David and all Israel were playing before God with all their strength, with psalm singers, lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The instrumental sequence corresponds; Hebrew songs is expressed as psalm singers in Greek.
Verse 13:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:9] They came to Chidon's threshing floor. Uzza stretched out his hand to grasp the ark, for the cattle stumbled.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:9] They came to the threshing floor. Oza stretched out his hand to hold the ark, for the calf tipped it.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek leaves the threshing floor unnamed and describes one calf tilting the ark; Hebrew names Chidon and gives a plural cattle action, whose precise stumbling/slipping force is uncertain.
Verse 13:10 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:10] YHWH's anger burned against Uzza, and He struck him because he had stretched out his hand upon the ark. He died there before God.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:10] The Lord was angered with wrath against Oza and struck him there for stretching out his hand upon the ark. He died there before God.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both explicitly connect the divine blow with touching the ark and record death before God. The human subject of the final sentence is not capitalized.
Verse 13:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:11] David was angry because YHWH had broken out with a breach against Uzza. He called that place Perez-uzza, to this day.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:11] David was disheartened because the Lord had cut a cutting against Oza. He called that place the Cutting of Oza, to this day.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew anger and breach imagery correspond to Greek discouragement and cutting imagery. Greek translates the event-name rather than retaining Perez.
Verse 13:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:12] David feared God that day, saying, “How can I bring God's ark to me?”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:12] David feared God that day, saying, “How shall I bring God's ark to myself?”
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both express the same fear and question.
Verse 13:13 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:13] David did not bring the ark to himself in the City of David; he turned it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:13] David did not turn the ark toward himself in the City of David; he turned it aside to the house of Abeddara the Geththite.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The host is Obed-edom in Hebrew and Abeddara in Greek; both retain the redirection away from David's city.
Verse 13:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[13:14] God's ark remained with Obed-edom's household, in his house, three months. YHWH blessed Obed-edom's household and all that he had.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[13:14] God's ark stayed in Abeddara's house three months. God blessed Abeddaram and everything that was his.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew blesses the household and names YHWH; Greek names God and blesses Abeddaram himself. Greek also changes the host's final name-form here; the three months agree.