2 Chronicles 3:2

3:2 He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 20:26

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day.


sn This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

tn Heb “for there.”

sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.