2 Chronicles 1:14

Solomon’s Wealth

1:14 Solomon accumulated ¹  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 4:4

4:4 “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. ³ 

2 Chronicles 11:21

11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. ⁴  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. ⁵  For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor ⁶  David. In his twelfth year he began ridding ⁷  Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ⁸  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

¹ tn Or “gathered.”

² tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

³ tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”

⁵ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).

⁷ tn Heb “porch of the Lord.”

⁹ tn Heb “father.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “purifying.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”