2 Tawarikh 3:2

3:2 He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. ¹ 

2 Tawarikh 6:2

6:2 O Lord, ²  I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

2 Tawarikh 6:7

6:7 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ³ 

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 8:4

8:4 He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

2 Tawarikh 9:3

9:3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, ⁴  the palace ⁵  he had built,

2 Tawarikh 27:3

27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 29:33

29:33 and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep ⁷  were consecrated.

[3:2]  ¹ sn This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[6:2]  ² tn The words “O Lord” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but they are supplied in the translation for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point.

[6:7]  ³ tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.”

[6:7]  sn On the significance of the Lord’s “name,” see the note on the word “live” in v. 5.

[9:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”

[9:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[27:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

[29:33]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but there is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.