2 Chronicles 25:6-8

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Chronicles 25:6 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikkar, “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 silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).
2. 2 Chronicles 25:7 tn Heb “man of God.”
3. 2 Chronicles 25:7 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”
4. 2 Chronicles 25:8 tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”
5. 2 Chronicles 25:8 tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”