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
4:11 Huram Abi 3 made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 4
4:19 Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence 5 was kept,
25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, 26 for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. 27
36:15 The Lord God of their ancestors 40 continually warned them through his messengers, 41 for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.
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 “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.
4 tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”
sn See Exod 33:7-11.
7 tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the
8 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
9 tn The Hebrew text reads, “fulfilled by his hand,” but the phrase “by his hand” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
10 tn The Hebrew text reads, “promised by his mouth,” but the phrase “by his mouth” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
11 tn Heb “turn to.”
12 tn Heb “by listening to.”
13 tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”
14 tn Heb “praying before you.”
15 tn Heb “Do you not know that the
sn For other references to a “covenant of salt,” see Lev 2:13 and Num 18:19.
16 tn Heb “at that time.”
17 tn Heb “and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
18 tn Heb “whether small or great.”
19 tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things [into] the house of God, silver, gold, and items.”
20 tn Heb “did you not drive out?” This is another rhetorical question which expects a positive response; see the note on the word “heaven” in the previous verse.
21 tn Heb “permanently.”
22 tn Or perhaps “your covenantal partner.” See Isa 41:8.
23 tn Heb “and the terror of God [or “a great terror”] was upon all the kingdoms of the lands.” It is uncertain if אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) should be understood as a proper name here (“God”), or taken in an idiomatic superlative sense.
24 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”).
25 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
26 tn Heb “did not listen.”
27 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”
28 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).
29 tn Heb “saying.”
30 tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”
31 tn Heb “sons.”
32 tn Heb “now it is with my heart.”
33 tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding statement of intention.
34 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).
35 tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).
36 tn Heb “also in Judah the hand of God was to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and the officials by the word of the
37 tn Heb “but not according to the benefit [given] to him did Hezekiah repay, for his heart was high, and there was anger against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.”
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38 tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”
39 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
40 tn Heb “fathers.”
41 tn Heb “and the