2 Chronicles 3:8

3:8 He made the most holy place; ¹  its length was 30 feet, ²  corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. ³  He plated it with 600 talents ⁴  of fine gold.

2 Chronicles 4:2

4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁵  It measured 15 feet ⁶  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet ⁷  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 4:6

4:6 He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in “The Sea.”

2 Chronicles 4:11

4:11 Huram Abi ⁹  made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 7:8

7:8 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 9:11

9:11 With the timber the king made steps ¹²  for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments ¹³  for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. ¹⁴ )

2 Chronicles 26:15

26:15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 28:24

28:24 Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ¹⁶  energetically rebuilt ¹⁷  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ¹⁸  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ¹⁹  He made many weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 33:3

33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ²⁰  and worshiped ²¹  them.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).

[3:8]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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).

[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.”

[4:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.

[4:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”

[7:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “Solomon held the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him, a very great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the wadi of Egypt.”

[9:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”

[9:11]  ¹⁸ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[9:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”

[26:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”

[32:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:5]  ²⁶ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

[32:5]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

[32:5]  ²⁸ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[33:3]  ²⁹ tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.

[33:3]  ³⁰ tn Or “served.”