Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:11-15 
Context1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, 1 and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, 2 and because you did not ask for long life, 3 but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king, 1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. 4 Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” 5
1:13 Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. 6
1:14 Solomon accumulated 7 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 8 1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful 9 in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 10 as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 11
1 tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”
2 tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”
3 tn Heb “many days.”
4 tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”
5 tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”
6 tn Heb “and Solomon came from the high place which was in Gibeon [to] Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.”
7 tn Or “gathered.”
8 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
10 tn Heb “he made.”
11 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”
