2 Chronicles 22:12

22:12 He remained in hiding in God’s temple ¹  for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

2 Chronicles 29:33

29:33 and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep ²  were consecrated.

2 Chronicles 9:13

Solomon’s Wealth

9:13 Solomon received 666 talents ³  of gold per year, ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 9:18

9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. ⁶  The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 9:15

9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ⁸  of hammered gold were used for each shield.

2 Chronicles 26:12

26:12 The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

2 Chronicles 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ⁹  70,000 common laborers ¹⁰  and 80,000 stonecutters ¹¹  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 2:18

2:18 He designated ¹³  70,000 as common laborers, ¹⁴  80,000 as stonecutters ¹⁵  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 1:17

1:17 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 3:8

3:8 He made the most holy place; ¹⁸  its length was 30 feet, ¹⁹  corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. ²⁰  He plated it with 600 talents ²¹  of fine gold.

2 Chronicles 35:8

35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

2 Chronicles 2:17

2:17 Solomon took a census ²²  of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

2 Chronicles 25:23

25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. ²³ 

2 Chronicles 4:3

4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches ²⁴  all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

2 Chronicles 16:1

16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ²⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”

² tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but there is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

³ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold Solomon received annually was 44,822 lbs. (20,380 kg).

⁴ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 units of gold.”

⁴ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.”

⁵ tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”

⁶ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text has simply “600,” with no unit of measure given.

⁷ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁸ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

⁹ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

¹⁰ tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chr 2:2, 18.

⁸ tn Heb “made.”

⁹ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

¹⁰ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

¹¹ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they brought up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for 600 silver (pieces), and a horse for 150, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”

¹¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).

¹² tc Heb “twenty cubits.” Some suggest adding, “and its height twenty cubits” (see 1 Kgs 6:20). The phrase could have been omitted by homoioteleuton.

¹³ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold plating was 40,380 lbs. (18,360 kg).

¹¹ tn Heb “counted.”

¹² tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).

¹³ tn Heb “ten every cubit.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”