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

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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ch 2:16

¹ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

² tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

³ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

NET Notes: 2Ch 2:17

¹ tn Heb “counted.”

NET Notes: 2Ch 2:18

¹ tn Heb “made.”

² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

⁴ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”