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 6:2

6:2 O Lord, 3  I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

2 Chronicles 9:3

9:3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, 4  the palace 5  he had built,

2 Chronicles 26:9

26:9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. 6 

2 Chronicles 33:5

33:5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

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 The words “O Lord” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but they are supplied in the translation for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point.

4 tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”

5 tn Heb “house.”

6 tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoa’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.