2 Chronicles 8:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֞י מִקֵּ֣ץ ׀ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֧ה שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-yəhî from qēṣ twenty šānāh that bānāh šəlōmōh ʾet-house of YHWH wə-ʾet-house-his

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and it happened/came to pass
• *qēṣ*: noun ms construct - end of
• *šānāh*: noun fp - years
• *bānāh*: qal perfect 3ms - built
• *šəlōmōh*: proper noun ms - Solomon
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *bêtô*: noun ms + 3ms suffix - his house

Word Meanings

• *wa-yəhî*: and it came to pass/and it happened
• *qēṣ*: end/extremity/boundary
• *bānāh*: built/constructed/established

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of twenty{H6242} years,{H8141} wherein Solomon{H8010} had built{H1129} the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and his own house,{H1004}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of twenty{H6242} years{H8141}, wherein Solomon{H8010} had built{H1129}{(H8804)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and his own house{H1004},

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And after twentye yeares (wherin Salomon buylded the house of the LORDE and his awue house)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And after twentie yeere when Salomon had built the house of the Lorde, and his owne house,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it fortuned, that after twentie yeres, when Solomon had buylt the house of the Lorde and his owne house:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh, and his own house,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon hath built the house of Jehovah, and his own house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh, and his own house,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 9:10-28 : 10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, 11 King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him, they did not please him. 13 So he said, 'What are these cities you have given me, my brother?' And he called them 'Cabul,' which they are still called to this day. 14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold. 15 This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon, 18 Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, within the land, 19 along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion. 20 All the people who were left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites— 21 their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day. 22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites; they were his soldiers, servants, officials, commanders, captains, and commanders of his chariots and cavalry. 23 These were the chief officials over Solomon's work: 550 who supervised the people doing the labor. 24 As soon as Pharaoh's daughter went up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he built the Millo. 25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD with them, and so he fulfilled the temple obligations. 26 King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom. 27 Hiram sent his servants, experienced sailors, who knew the sea, to work with Solomon's servants on the fleet. 28 They went to Ophir, took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.