2 Chronicles 21:5

21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 15:19

Asa’s Failures

15:19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 24:15

24:15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130. ³ 

2 Chronicles 3:15

3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length ⁴  of 52½ feet, ⁵  with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 4:2

4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁷  It measured 15 feet ⁸  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet ⁹  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 16:12

16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. ¹¹  Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 20:31

Jehoshaphat’s Reign Ends

20:31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 21:20

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; ¹⁴  he was buried in the City of David, ¹⁵  but not in the royal tombs.

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. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 35:7

35:7 From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 3:4

3:4 The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, ¹⁸  and its height was 30 feet. ¹⁹  He plated the inside with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:8

3:8 He made the most holy place; ²⁰  its length was 30 feet, ²¹  corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. ²²  He plated it with 600 talents ²³  of fine gold.

2 Chronicles 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ²⁴  70,000 common laborers ²⁵  and 80,000 stonecutters ²⁶  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ²⁷ 

2 Chronicles 3:3

3:3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; ²⁸  its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. ²⁹ 

2 Chronicles 31:16

31:16 They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records – to all who would enter the Lord’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions. ³⁰ 

[21:5]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[34:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:15]  ³ tn Heb “and Jehoiada grew old and was full of days and died; [he was] one hundred thirty years old when he died.”

[3:15]  ⁴ sn The figure given here appears to refer to the combined length of both pillars (perhaps when laid end-to-end on the ground prior to being set up; cf. v. 17); the figure given for the height of the pillars in 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21 is half this (i.e., eighteen cubits).

[3:15]  ⁵ tc The Syriac reads “eighteen cubits” (twenty-seven feet). This apparently reflects an attempt at harmonization with 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21.

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he made before the house two pillars, thirty-five cubits [in] length, and the plated capital which was on its top [was] five cubits.” The significance of the measure “thirty-five cubits” (52.5 feet or 15.75 m, assuming a cubit of 18 inches) for the “length” of the pillars is uncertain. According to 1 Kgs 7:15, each pillar was eighteen cubits (27 feet or 8.1 m) high. Perhaps the measurement given here was taken with the pillars lying end-to-end on the ground before they were set up.

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).

[4:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[16:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the Lord, only the healers.

[20:31]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

[21:20]  ⁹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[16:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

[35:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Josiah supplied for the sons of the people sheep, lambs and sons of goats, the whole for the Passover sacrifices for everyone who was found according to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand cattle. These were from the property of the king.”

[3:4]  ¹¹ tc Heb “and the porch which was in front of the length corresponding to the width of the house, twenty cubits.” The phrase הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת (heykhal habbayit, “the main hall of the temple,” which appears in the parallel account in 1 Kgs 6:3) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton after עַל־פְּנֵי (’al-pÿney, “in front of”). Note that the following form, הָאֹרֶךְ (ha’orekh, “the length”), also begins with the Hebrew letter he (ה). A scribe’s eye probably jumped from the initial he on הֵיכַל to the initial he on הָאֹרֶךְ, leaving out the intervening letters in the process.

[3:4]  ¹² tc The Hebrew text has “one hundred and twenty cubits,” i.e. (assuming a cubit of 18 inches) 180 feet (54 m). An ancient Greek witness and the Syriac version read “twenty cubits,” i.e., 30 feet (9 m). It is likely that מֵאָה (me’ah, “a hundred”), is a corruption of an original אַמּוֹת (’ammot, “cubits”).

[3:8]  ¹² tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”

[3:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).

[3:8]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ 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).

[2:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:2]  ¹⁵ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:2]  ¹⁶ 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.

[3:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and these are the founding of Solomon to build the house of God.”

[3:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the length [in] cubits by the former measure was sixty cubits, and a width of twenty cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches (45 cm) for the standard cubit, the length of the foundation would be 90 feet (27 m) and its width 30 feet (9 m).

[31:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the Lord for a matter of a day in its day, for their service by their duties according to their divisions.”