Discovery Box2 Chronicles 3:1 
Context3:1 Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 1 on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan 2 the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 3:4
Context3:4 The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, 3 and its height was 30 feet. 4 He plated the inside with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:8
Context3:8 He made the most holy place; 5 its length was 30 feet, 6 corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. 7 He plated it with 600 talents 8 of fine gold.
2 Chronicles 3:15
Context3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length 9 of 52½ feet, 10 with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. 11
2 Chronicles 3:17
Context3:17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. 12 He named the one on the right Jachin, 13 and the one on the left Boaz. 14
2 Chronicles 4:22
Context4:22 the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
2 Chronicles 5:7
Context5:7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned 15 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.
2 Chronicles 6:18
Context6:18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! 16 Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
2 Chronicles 6:24
Context6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 17 because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 18 and pray for your help 19 before you in this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:32
Context6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation 20 and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; 21 they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.
2 Chronicles 6:34
Context6:34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 22 and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 23
2 Chronicles 7:12
Context7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 24 your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 25
2 Chronicles 7:20
Context7:20 then I will remove you 26 from my land I have given you, 27 I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, 28 and I will make you 29 an object of mockery and ridicule 30 among all the nations.
2 Chronicles 9:4
Context9:4 the food in his banquet hall, 31 his servants and attendants 32 in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, 33 she was amazed. 34
2 Chronicles 9:11
Context9:11 With the timber the king made steps 35 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 36 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 37 )
2 Chronicles 12:9
Context12:9 King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 16:2
Context16:2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
2 Chronicles 23:3
Context23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada 38 said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.
2 Chronicles 23:5-7
Context23:5 Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others 39 will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple. 23:6 No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord. 23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple 40 must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” 41
2 Chronicles 24:18
Context24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 42 and worshiped 43 the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 26:16
Context26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. 44 He disobeyed 45 the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.
2 Chronicles 27:2
Context27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. 46 (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) 47 Yet the people were still sinning.
2 Chronicles 29:5
Context29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! 48 Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!
2 Chronicles 29:7
Context29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:15
Context29:15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word 49 of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:18
Context29:18 They went to King Hezekiah and said: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment.
2 Chronicles 29:31
Context29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves 50 to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings 51 to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so 52 brought burnt sacrifices.
2 Chronicles 29:35
Context29:35 There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. 53
2 Chronicles 30:1
Context30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 54 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:15
Context30:15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 31:13
Context31:13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 34:14
Context34:14 When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses.
2 Chronicles 35:8
Context35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.
2 Chronicles 35:20
Context35:20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple, 55 King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. 56 Josiah marched out to oppose him.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Context36:10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought 57 to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative 58 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Context36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 59 They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:17
Context36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered 60 their young men in their temple. 61 He did not spare 62 young men or women, or even the old and aging. God 63 handed everyone over to him.
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn In 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chr 21:15; 18-28.
3 tc Heb “and the porch which was in front of the length corresponding to the width of the house, twenty cubits.” The phrase הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת (heykhal habbayit, “the main hall of the temple,” which appears in the parallel account in 1 Kgs 6:3) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton after עַל־פְּנֵי (’al-pÿney, “in front of”). Note that the following form, הָאֹרֶךְ (ha’orekh, “the length”), also begins with the Hebrew letter he (ה). A scribe’s eye probably jumped from the initial he on הֵיכַל to the initial he on הָאֹרֶךְ, leaving out the intervening letters in the process.
4 tc The Hebrew text has “one hundred and twenty cubits,” i.e. (assuming a cubit of 18 inches) 180 feet (54 m). An ancient Greek witness and the Syriac version read “twenty cubits,” i.e., 30 feet (9 m). It is likely that מֵאָה (me’ah, “a hundred”), is a corruption of an original אַמּוֹת (’ammot, “cubits”).
5 tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”
6 tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).
7 tc Heb “twenty cubits.” Some suggest adding, “and its height twenty cubits” (see 1 Kgs 6:20). The phrase could have been omitted by homoioteleuton.
8 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold plating was 40,380 lbs. (18,360 kg).
9 sn The figure given here appears to refer to the combined length of both pillars (perhaps when laid end-to-end on the ground prior to being set up; cf. v. 17); the figure given for the height of the pillars in 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21 is half this (i.e., eighteen cubits).
10 tc The Syriac reads “eighteen cubits” (twenty-seven feet). This apparently reflects an attempt at harmonization with 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21.
11 tn Heb “and he made before the house two pillars, thirty-five cubits [in] length, and the plated capital which was on its top [was] five cubits.” The significance of the measure “thirty-five cubits” (52.5 feet or 15.75 m, assuming a cubit of 18 inches) for the “length” of the pillars is uncertain. According to 1 Kgs 7:15, each pillar was eighteen cubits (27 feet or 8.1 m) high. Perhaps the measurement given here was taken with the pillars lying end-to-end on the ground before they were set up.
12 tn Or “one on the south and the other on the north.”
13 tn The name “Jachin” appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”
14 tn The meaning of the name “Boaz” is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בֹּעַז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name asבְּעֹז (bÿ’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”
15 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
16 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live with mankind on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “God does not really live with mankind on the earth.”
17 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
18 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
19 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
20 tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation
21 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
22 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
23 tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.”
24 tn Heb “I have heard.”
25 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the
26 tn Heb “them.” The switch from the second to the third person pronoun is rhetorically effective, for it mirrors God’s rejection of his people – he has stopped addressing them as “you” and begun addressing them as “them.” However, the switch is awkward and confusing in English, so the translation maintains the direct address style.
27 tn Heb “them.” See the note on “you” earlier in this verse.
28 tc Instead of “I will throw away,” the parallel text in 1 Kgs 9:7 has “I will send away.” The two verbs sound very similar in Hebrew, so the discrepancy is likely due to an oral transmissional error.
tn Heb “and this temple which I consecrated for my name I will throw away from before my face.”
29 tn Heb “him,” which appears in context to refer to Israel (i.e., “you” in direct address). Many translations understand the direct object of the verb “make” to be the temple (NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “it”).
30 tn Heb “and I will make him [i.e., Israel] a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.
31 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
32 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
33 tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the
34 tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
35 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
36 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
37 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
38 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “all the people.”
40 tn Heb “house.”
41 tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”
42 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
43 tn Heb “served.”
44 tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”
45 tn Or “was unfaithful to.”
46 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
47 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
48 tn Heb “fathers.”
49 tn Heb “words” (plural).
50 tn Heb “filled your hand.”
51 tn Or “tokens of thanks.”
52 tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”
53 tn Or “established.”
54 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
55 tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”
56 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
57 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
58 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).
59 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
60 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”
61 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
62 tn Or “show compassion to.”
63 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
