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2 Chronicles 3:3

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3:3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; 1  its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. 2 

2 Chronicles 11:21

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11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. 3  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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[3:3]  1 tn Heb “and these are the founding of Solomon to build the house of God.”

[3:3]  2 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).

[11:21]  3 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).



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