2 Chronicles 2:18

2:18 He designated ¹  70,000 as common laborers, ²  80,000 as stonecutters ³  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 9:13

Solomon’s Wealth

9:13 Solomon received 666 talents ⁵  of gold per year, ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 9:18

9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. ⁷  The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 13:21

13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had ⁹  fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 27:1

Jotham’s Reign

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹² 

[2:18]  ¹ tn Heb “made.”

[2:18]  ² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:18]  ³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”

[9:13]  ⁵ 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).

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 units of gold.”

[9:18]  ⁹ tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

[13:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”

[27:1]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ²¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ²² tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”