Discovery Box2 Chronicles 6:5 
Context6:5 He told David, 1 ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 2 Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:6
Context7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. 3 (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) 4 Opposite the Levites, 5 the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.
2 Chronicles 8:18
Context8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, 6 and took from there 450 talents 7 of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 35:3
Context35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!
2 Chronicles 35:21
Context35:21 Necho 8 sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? 9 I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. 10 God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” 11
1 tn Heb “saying.”
2 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.” Here “name” is used by metonymy for the
3 tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the
4 tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the
5 tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”
7 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 was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
10 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
11 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”
