2 Tawarikh 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ¹  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ² 

2 Tawarikh 18:33

18:33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random ³  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ⁴  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, ⁵  for I am wounded.”

2 Tawarikh 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁶  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Tawarikh 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ⁷  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ⁸  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ⁹  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Tawarikh 30:21

30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. ¹⁰ 

[9:9]  ¹ 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 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[18:33]  ³ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[18:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “camp.”

[26:21]  ⁶ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[29:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “filled your hand.”

[29:31]  ⁸ tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

[29:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

[30:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they were praising the Lord day by day, the Levites and the priests with instruments of strength to the Lord.” The phrase בִּכְלֵי־עֹז (bikhley-’oz, “with instruments of strength”) might refer to loud sounding musical instruments (NASB “with loud instruments”; NEB “with unrestrained fervour”). The present translation assumes an emendation to בְּכָל־עֹז (bÿkhol-’oz, “with all strength”); see 1 Chr 13:8, as well as HALOT 805 s.v. I עֹז and BDB 739 s.v. עֹז).