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
4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. 4:8 He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.
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 7 was kept,
6:22 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, 12
7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven 15 and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord’s splendor filled the temple.
8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built in front of the temple’s porch. 16
20:5 Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem 19 at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.
23:12 When Athaliah heard the royal guard 21 shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd 22 at the Lord’s temple.
27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. 26
29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
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 tc Some prefer to read here “bowls,” see v. 11 and 1 Kgs 7:45.
6 tn Heb “Huram Abi made for King Solomon [for] the house of the
7 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.
8 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
9 tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”
10 tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
11 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”
12 tn Heb “and if the man who sins against his neighbor when one takes up against him a curse to curse him and the curse comes before your altar in this house.”
13 tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”
14 tn Heb “which they know, each his pain and his affliction.”
15 tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
16 tn Heb “the porch.”
17 tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”
18 tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things [into] the house of God, silver, gold, and items.”
19 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
20 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”).
21 tn Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”
22 tn Heb “she came to the people.”
23 tn Or “tore down.”
24 tn Or “images.”
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 “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.
27 tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).
28 tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.”
29 tn Heb “and not according to the purification of the holy place.”
30 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.”
31 tn Heb “In Jerusalem my name will be permanently.”
32 tn Heb “that was found in the house of the
33 tn Or “temple.”
34 tn Heb “in Babylon.” Repeating the proper name “Babylon” here would be redundant in contemporary English, so “there” has been used in the translation.
35 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.