2 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, ¹  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

2 Chronicles 9:21

9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships ²  manned by Huram’s men ³  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ⁴  came into port with cargoes of ⁵  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 26:16

26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. ⁷  He disobeyed ⁸  the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

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¹ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

² tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

³ tn Heb “servants.”

⁴ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

⁵ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”

⁶ tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”

⁷ tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”

⁸ tn Or “was unfaithful to.”