Discovery Box2 Chronicles 3:9-10 
Context3:9 The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold. 3:10 In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.
2 Chronicles 4:1
Context4:1 He made a bronze altar, 30 feet 1 long, 30 feet 2 wide, and 15 feet 3 high.
2 Chronicles 4:10
Context4:10 He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.
2 Chronicles 6:1
Context6:1 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
2 Chronicles 8:5
Context8:5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, 4
2 Chronicles 10:13
Context10:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He 5 rejected the advice of the older men
2 Chronicles 11:5
Context11:5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; 6 he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:
2 Chronicles 12:4
Context12:4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 15:8
Context15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. 7 He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. 8
2 Chronicles 16:5
Context16:5 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying 9 Ramah and abandoned the project. 10
2 Chronicles 17:12
Context17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.
2 Chronicles 18:1
Context18:1 Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,
2 Chronicles 19:5
Context19:5 He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah. 11
2 Chronicles 25:2
Context25:2 He did what the Lord approved, 12 but not with wholehearted devotion. 13
2 Chronicles 25:6
Context25:6 He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents 14 of silver.
2 Chronicles 26:4
Context26:4 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. 15
2 Chronicles 27:4
Context27:4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
2 Chronicles 27:6
Context27:6 Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God. 16
2 Chronicles 28:20
Context28:20 King Tiglath-pileser 17 of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. 18
2 Chronicles 29:2
Context29:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. 19
2 Chronicles 34:19
Context34:19 When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.
1 tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the length would have been 30 feet (9 m).
2 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”
3 tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).
4 tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”
5 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation in place of the proper name in keeping with contemporary English style.
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Heb “strengthened himself.”
8 tn Heb “the porch of the
9 tn Heb “building.”
10 tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”
11 tn Heb “in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.”
12 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
13 tn Heb “a complete heart.”
14 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 silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).
15 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
16 tn Heb “because he established his ways before the
17 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.
18 tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”
19 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
