So renders the common Hebrew conjunction as a connector that introduces a summary. However, what follows is more likely an addition, so this transition word is better rendered “also” (Good News Translation, New International Version, NASB, Revised English Bible), “and” (New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh), or left untranslated (New Jerusalem Bible, New American Bible).

Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God: Although the Hebrew says that Solomon made the gold items that were in the Temple, it is not likely that he himself did the actual work, as in the previous verses. For this reason it may be better to use a causative form of the verb in some languages, that is, he had the vessels made. Good News Translation clearly states that he had others do this work.

The golden altar: See Exo 30.1-10; 37.25-29. On this altar the priests were to burn incense every morning and every evening (see the comments on 1 Chr 6.49). The original readers would have known that incense was burnt on this altar, but to help modern readers, who may not know this information, some versions call it “the altar of fragrance [made] of gold” (Bible en français courant, Parole de Vie, La Bible du Semeur).

The tables for the bread of the Presence: See 2Chr 4.8. The bread of the Presence is literally “the bread of the face,” that is, bread placed before the face of God. See the comments on 1 Chr 9.32. Fresh bread was placed on the tables each Sabbath (Lev 24.5-9). English versions often translate this phrase as “the bread of the Presence” (Revised Standard Version/New Revised Standard Version, New International Version, Revised English Bible) or “the showbread” (King James Version, New American Bible). Other translations include “the bread of display” (New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh), “the loaves of permanent offering” (New Jerusalem Bible), and “the bread of offering” (Traduction œcuménique de la Bible).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .