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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 2:16-18 (NET)

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2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon and bring it in raft-like bundles by sea to Joppa . You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem .” 2:17 Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel , after the census his father David had taken . There were 153,600 in all. 2:18 He designated 70,000 as common laborers , 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills , and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work .

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  • 2Ch 2:1-18 -- Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

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  • As Solomon had done, these Jews contracted with the Phoenicians to the north to supply wood for the temple (cf. 2 Chron. 2:16). The people needed several months of preparations before actual construction began on the site in ...
  • 9:36 The site of Joppa (modern Yafo, a suburb of Tel Aviv) was on the Mediterranean coast 10 miles west and a little north of Lydda. It was the ancient seaport for Jerusalem (cf. 2 Chron. 2:16; Jon. 1:3). Tabitha (lit. "Gazel...
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