2 Chronicles 8:18

8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, ¹  and took from there 450 talents ²  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 8:1

Building Projects and Commercial Efforts

8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,

2 Chronicles 9:27-28

9:27 The king made silver as plentiful ³  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ⁴  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands ⁵ . 9:28 Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.

2 Chronicles 10:1

The Northern Tribes Rebel

10:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in ⁶  Shechem to make Rehoboam ⁷  king.

[8:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”

[8:18]  ² 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 was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).

[9:27]  ³ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.

[9:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “he made cedar.”

[9:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “come [to].”

[10:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.