3:8 He made the most holy place; 2 its length was 30 feet, 3 corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. 4 He plated it with 600 talents 5 of fine gold.
10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 13 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 14 “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 26 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.
25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people 27 of Seir and made them his personal gods. 28 He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.
26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 29 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.
29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 32 His mother was Abijah, 33 the daughter of Zechariah.
32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 37 He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. 38
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”
3 tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).
4 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.
5 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).
6 tn Or “one on the south and the other on the north.”
7 tn The name “Jachin” appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”
8 tn The meaning of the name “Boaz” is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בֹּעַז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name asבְּעֹז (bÿ’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”
9 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
10 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
12 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
13 tn Heb “stood before.”
14 tn Heb “saying.”
15 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
16 tn Heb “so that the
17 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).
18 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
19 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
20 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
21 tn Heb “and the
22 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
23 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”
24 tn Heb “and he caused the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery.” In this context spiritual unfaithfulness to the
25 tn Heb “and drove Judah away.”
26 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
27 tn Heb “sons.”
28 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”
29 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
30 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
31 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
32 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
33 tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
34 tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).
35 tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.
36 tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from you.” The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
37 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”
38 tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”
39 tn Heb “told Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.
40 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
41 tn Or “served.”
42 tn Or “made him swear an oath.”
43 tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”
44 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”
45 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
46 tn Or “show compassion to.”
47 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.