2 Chronicles 1:6

1:6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord which was at the meeting tent, and he offered up a thousand burnt sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 3:17

3:17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. ¹  He named the one on the right Jachin, ²  and the one on the left Boaz. ³ 

2 Chronicles 5:9

5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ⁴  They have remained there to this very day.

2 Chronicles 6:37

6:37 When your people ⁵  come to their senses ⁶  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray ⁷ , we have done evil!’

2 Chronicles 8:2

8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram ⁸  had given him and settled Israelites there.

2 Chronicles 9:19

9:19 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 25:27

25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, ¹⁰  so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him ¹¹  and they killed him there.

¹ tn Or “one on the south and the other on the north.”

² tn The name “Jachin” appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

³ tn The meaning of the name “Boaz” is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בֹּעַז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name asבְּעֹז (bÿ’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

¹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

³ tn Or “done wrong.”

¹ tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

¹ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.”

¹ tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”

² tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”