2 Chronicles 9:3

9:3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, ¹  the palace ²  he had built,

2 Chronicles 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ³  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 9:12

9:12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. ⁵  Then she left and returned ⁶  to her homeland with her attendants.

2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ⁷  she came to challenge ⁸  him ⁹  with difficult questions. ¹⁰  She arrived in Jerusalem ¹¹  with a great display of pomp, ¹²  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ¹³  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash’s Reign

24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ¹⁴  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Chronicles 19:4

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. ¹⁵  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow ¹⁶  the Lord God of their ancestors. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 30:5

30:5 So they sent an edict ¹⁸  throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people ¹⁹  to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. ²⁰ 

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”

[9:3]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[9:9]  ³ 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 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[9:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “besides what she brought to the king.”

[9:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “turned and went.”

[9:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Or “test.”

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[9:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “riddles.”

[9:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:1]  ¹² tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[9:1]  ¹³ tn Or “balsam oil.”

[24:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:4]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

[19:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “fathers.”

[30:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

[30:5]  ¹⁴ tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”