2 Chronicles 3:3

3:3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

2 Chronicles 4:11

4:11 Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 4:19

4:19 Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,

2 Chronicles 5:14

5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 7:5

7:5 King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 15:18

15:18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

2 Chronicles 23:9

23:9 Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields that were kept in God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 25:20

25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. 10 

2 Chronicles 28:25

28:25 In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 31:21

31:21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God. 11 

2 Chronicles 32:14

32:14 Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power? 12 

2 Chronicles 32:19

32:19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.


tn Heb “and these are the founding of Solomon to build the house of God.”

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).

tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.

tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”

tn Heb “the bread of the face/presence.”

sn This bread offered to God was viewed as a perpetual offering to God. See Lev 24:5-9.

tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things [into] the house of God, silver, gold, and items.”

tn The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).

tn Heb “did not listen.”

10 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”

11 tn Heb “and in all the work which he began with regard to the service of the house of God and with respect to the law and with respect to the commandment, to seek his God; with all his heart he acted and he succeeded.”

12 tn Heb “hand.”