2 Tawarikh 2:1
Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple
2:1 (1:18) 1 Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 2
2 Tawarikh 3:2
3:2 He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
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2 Tawarikh 8:1
Building Projects and Commercial Efforts
8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,
2 Tawarikh 10:17
10:17 (Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)
2 Tawarikh 31:8
31:8 When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the
Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.
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2 Tawarikh 34:19
34:19 When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.
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 Lord and house for his kingship.”
3 sn This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.
4 tn Heb “they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.”