3:3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; 1 its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. 2
24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 6 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.
26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 7 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 8 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen 9 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. 10 He did evil in the sight of 11 the Lord.
1 tn Heb “and these are the founding of Solomon to build the house of God.”
2 tn Heb “the length [in] cubits by the former measure was sixty cubits, and a width of twenty cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches (45 cm) for the standard cubit, the length of the foundation would be 90 feet (27 m) and its width 30 feet (9 m).
3 tn Heb “whether small or great.”
4 tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some
5 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
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7 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
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9 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”
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11 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”