Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:3
Context1:3 Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center 1 in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God 2 was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 3:8
Context3:8 He made the most holy place; 3 its length was 30 feet, 4 corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. 5 He plated it with 600 talents 6 of fine gold.
2 Chronicles 20:26
Context20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where 7 they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah 8 to this very day.
2 Chronicles 35:5
Context35:5 Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen. 9
[1:3] 2 tn Heb “the tent of meeting of God.”
[3:8] 3 tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”
[3:8] 4 tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).
[3:8] 5 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.
[3:8] 6 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).
[20:26] 6 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.
[35:5] 7 tn Heb “and stand in the sanctuary by the divisions of the house of the fathers for your brothers, the sons of the people, and a division of the house of a father for the Levites.”
