Text -- 2 Chronicles 2:1 (NET)

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

2:1 Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ch 2:1

¹ sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

² tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”