2 Chronicles 1:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

1:1 Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, ¹  for ²  the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

2 Chronicles 1:7-8

1:7 That night God appeared ³  to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me ⁴  what I should give you.” 1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated ⁵  great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:13

1:13 Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 1:16

1:16 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ⁷  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

2:1 (1:18) ⁸  Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 8:17

8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 9:3

9:3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, ¹⁰  the palace ¹¹  he had built,

2 Chronicles 9:15

9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ¹²  of hammered gold were used for each shield.

2 Chronicles 9:23

9:23 All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

2 Chronicles 13:6

13:6 Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

2 Chronicles 35:4

35:4 Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed ¹⁴  by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

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¹ tn Heb “and Solomon son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom.”

² tn The disjunctive clause (note the vav [ו] + subject pattern) probably has a causal nuance here.

³ tn Or “revealed himself.”

⁴ tn Heb “ask.”

⁵ tn Heb “did.”

⁶ tn Heb “and Solomon came from the high place which was in Gibeon [to] Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.”

⁷ sn Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see 1 Kgs 10:28-29 as a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia or Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

⁸ sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁹ tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”

¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

¹² tn The Hebrew text has simply “600,” with no unit of measure given.

¹³ tn Heb “and all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “written.”