2 Chronicles 2:7
skilled .............................. skilled craftsmen <02450> [cunning.]
engrave <06605> [to grave. Heb. to grave gravings. whom David.]
2 Chronicles 3:8
most holy place <06944> [the most holy.]
2 Chronicles 5:1
put ... holy <0935 06944> [A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. brought in all.]
2 Chronicles 8:18
Huram <02361> [Huram.]
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[Hiram. Ophir.]
Conjectures respecting the situation of Ophir are endless. Grotius conjectures it to be a part of Arabia called Aphar by Arrian; while Bochart and others have placed it in the island of Ceylon. Calmet supposes it to have been situated in Armenia; but his late editor places it at the head of the Indus. Josephus says that Ophir is the Indies, called the Gold country; by which he is supposed to mean Chersonesus Aurea, now Malacca, opposite Sumatra; and Le Poivre observes that the inhabitants of these places call their gold mines {ophirs.}
took .... 450 <03947 0702> [took thence.]
2 Chronicles 9:9
gave .......................... gave <05414> [she gave.]
spices ........ spices <01314> [of spices.]
Sheba <07614> [Sheba.]
This queen is called Balkis by the Arabians, who say she came from the city of Sheba, also called Mareb, in Yemen or Arabia Felix; but the Ethiopians call her Maqueda, claim her as their sovereign, and say that her posterity reigned there for a long time. Mr. Bruce has given us the history of her and her descendants from Abyssinian records; and Josephus says that Sheba was the ancient name of the city of Mero‰, (south of Egypt, and sometimes comprehended in Ethiopia,) and that this princess came from thence. Those who think the princess came from Arabia, rely chiefly on the fact that gold, silver, spices, and precious stones, which were the presents she made to Solomon, are the natural products of that country; and that it may well be placed at the uttermost part of the earth, as it borders on the southern ocean, and formerly they knew no land beyond it.
2 Chronicles 9:21
large merchant ships .................. port <08659> [Tarshish.]
Bochart thinks this Tarshish was probably the promontory Cory, on the north of the island of Ceylon, which, according to him, was the land of Ophir. That it was name of a place in the East Indies, seems probable from the articles brought thence, and also from the ships sent thither being built at Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea; though Michaelis supposes that the fleet coasted along the shore of Africa, doubling the Cape of Good Hope, and came to Tartessus, in Spain, and thence back again the same way; that this accounts for their three years' voyage out and home; and that Spain and the coasts of Africa furnish all the commodities which they brought back.
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[Tharshish. ivory. or, elephants' teeth. peacocks.]
{Tukkeeyim} is rendered {taysin} in the Targum, [taonon,] in the Alexandrian MS. of the LXX., and {pavos,} "peacocks," in the Vulgate; with which the Syriac, Arabic, and Rabbins agree. This derives confirmation from the fact, that the peacock is called in Malabaric, {Togei.}
2 Chronicles 12:9
Shishak <07895> [Shishak.]
took ............... took <03947> [took away.]
shields <04043> [the shields.]
2 Chronicles 13:8
<06440> [the kingdom.]
huge <01995 07227> [a great multitude.]
gold <02091> [with you golden.]
2 Chronicles 13:11
offer <06999> [they burn.]
fragrant incense <07004 05561> [sweet incense.]
Bread <03899> [shewbread.]
lampstand <04501> [the candlestick.]
<08104> [we keep.]
2 Chronicles 16:3
treaty .................... treaty <01285> [a league.]
Break <06565> [break.]
2 Chronicles 21:3
gave ... many .................. gave <05414 07227> [gave them.]
kingdom <04467> [the kingdom.]
He associated him with himself in the kingdom about three years before his death, and in the fifth year of Joram king of Israel; so that Jehoram reigned three years with his father, and five years alone, in all eight years.
Jehoram <03088> [Jehoram.]
"Jehoram made partner of the kingdom with his father, 1 Ki 8:16."
2 Chronicles 24:14
items ....... items ............. various other <03627> [vessels of the house.]
items ....... items ...... service ........ various other <03627 08335> [vessels to minister.]
pans <05927 03709> [to offer withal. or, pestils.]
<05927> [And they offered.]
It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening sacrifices had been previously intermitted; and that they were again neglected after the death of Jehoiada.
lifetime <03117> [all the days.]
2 Chronicles 25:24
gold <02091> [all the gold.]
hostages ..... back <01121 07725> [the hostages also.]
It is probable that these hostages were given in order that Amaziah might regain his liberty.
