2 Chronicles 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

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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.”