InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Chr C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36
2 Chr 8 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
OET-LV And_he/it_was from_the_end/extremity twenty year[s] which Shəlomoh/(Solomon) he_had_built DOM the_house_of YHWH and_DOM house_of_his_own.
OET (OET-RV) After the twenty years that it took Shelomoh (Solomon) to build Yahweh’s temple and his palace,
(Occurrence 0) It came about
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_the=end/extremity twenty year which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) DOM house_of YHWH and=DOM house_of,his_own )
This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way of doing this, you could consider using it here.
Note 1 topic: translate-numbers
(Occurrence 0) at the end of twenty years
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_the=end/extremity twenty year which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) DOM house_of YHWH and=DOM house_of,his_own )
“after 20 years”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_the=end/extremity twenty year which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) DOM house_of YHWH and=DOM house_of,his_own )
The author writes of Solomon commanding the people to build the temple and palace and telling them how to do it as if he himself had built them. Alternate translation: [Solomon caused the house of Yahweh and his own house to be built] or [Solomon directed the building of the temple and his house]
OET-LV And_he/it_was from_the_end/extremity twenty year[s] which Shəlomoh/(Solomon) he_had_built DOM the_house_of YHWH and_DOM house_of_his_own.
OET (OET-RV) After the twenty years that it took Shelomoh (Solomon) to build Yahweh’s temple and his palace,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.