1:14 Solomon accumulated 1 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 2
4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. 4:8 He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.
9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses 5 and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 6
25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, 19 for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. 20
29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. 24
32:1 After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them. 26
36:15 The Lord God of their ancestors 29 continually warned them through his messengers, 30 for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.
1 tn Or “gathered.”
2 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
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3 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”
4 tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who belonged to the king, Solomon, 250, the ones ruling over the people.”
5 tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:26 reads “fourteen hundred chariots.”
6 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
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7 tn Heb “If today you are for good to these people and you are favorable to them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”
8 tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”
9 tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”
10 tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”
11 tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”
12 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
13 tn Heb “and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
14 tn Heb “the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the residents of Mount Seir.”
15 tn Heb “to annihilate and to destroy.”
16 tn Heb “residents.”
17 tn Heb “they helped, each one his fellow, for destruction.” The verb עָזַר (’azar), traditionally understood as the well-attested verb meaning “to help,” is an odd fit in this context. It is possible that it is from a homonymic root, perhaps meaning to “attack.” This root is attested in Ugaritic in a nominal form meaning “young man, warrior, hero.” For a discussion of the proposed root, see HALOT 811 s.v. II עזר.
18 tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”
19 tn Heb “did not listen.”
20 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”
21 tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).
22 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).
23 tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).
24 tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”
25 tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the
26 tn Heb “and he said to break into them for himself.”
27 tn Or “temple.”
28 tn Heb “in Babylon.” Repeating the proper name “Babylon” here would be redundant in contemporary English, so “there” has been used in the translation.
29 tn Heb “fathers.”
30 tn Heb “and the