Discovery Box2 Chronicles 2:1 
Context2:1 (1:18) 1 Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 2
2 Chronicles 3:7
Context3:7 He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.
2 Chronicles 6:2
Context6:2 O Lord, 3 I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
2 Chronicles 6:7
Context6:7 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. 4
2 Chronicles 7:16
Context7:16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; 5 I will be constantly present there. 6
2 Chronicles 20:28
Context20:28 They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 22:12
Context22:12 He remained in hiding in God’s temple 7 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
2 Chronicles 24:8
Context24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. 8
2 Chronicles 24:13
Context24:13 They worked hard and made the repairs. 9 They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. 10
2 Chronicles 29:20
Context29:20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 33:5
Context33:5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
1 sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
2 tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the
3 tn The words “O
4 tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the
sn On the significance of the
5 tn Heb “for my name to be there perpetually [or perhaps, “forever”].”
6 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
7 tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”
8 tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the
9 tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.”
10 tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.”
