2 Chronicles 1:11

1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, ¹  and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, ²  and because you did not ask for long life, ³  but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ⁴  she came to challenge ⁵  him ⁶  with difficult questions. ⁷  She arrived in Jerusalem ⁸  with a great display of pomp, ⁹  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ¹⁰  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

2 Chronicles 22:11

22:11 So Jehoshabeath, ¹¹  the daughter of King Jehoram, ¹²  took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away ¹³  from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

2 Chronicles 24:11

24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.

¹ tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”

² tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”

³ tn Heb “many days.”

⁴ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

⁵ tn Or “test.”

⁶ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

⁷ tn Or “riddles.”

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

¹⁰ tn Or “balsam oil.”

⁷ sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).

⁸ tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “stole.”