2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

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

2 Chronicles 11:11

11:11 He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

2 Chronicles 13:17

13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; ³  500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. ⁴ 

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¹ 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.

² tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

³ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

⁴ tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”