2 Chronicles 4:5
4:5 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons. 1
2 Chronicles 5:14
5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties 2 because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 13:7
13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men 3 gathered around him and conspired 4 against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man 5 and could not resist them.
2 Chronicles 23:19
23:19 He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.
1 tn Heb “3,000 baths” (note that the capacity is given in 1 Kings 7:26 as “2,000 baths”). A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so 3,000 baths was a quantity of about 18,000 gallons (66,000 liters).
2 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
3 tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”
4 tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”
5 tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”