Discovery Box2 Chronicles 3:3 
Context3:3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; 1 its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. 2
2 Chronicles 19:3
Context19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; 3 you removed 4 the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” 5
2 Chronicles 22:10
Context22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line 6 of Judah. 7
2 Chronicles 30:19
Context30:19 everyone who has determined to follow God, 8 the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.” 9
1 tn Heb “and these are the founding of Solomon to build the house of God.”
2 tn Heb “the length [in] cubits by the former measure was sixty cubits, and a width of twenty cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches (45 cm) for the standard cubit, the length of the foundation would be 90 feet (27 m) and its width 30 feet (9 m).
3 tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”
4 tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.
5 tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the
6 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
7 tn Heb “house of Judah.”
8 tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.”
9 tn Heb “and not according to the purification of the holy place.”
