2:18 He designated 1 70,000 as common laborers, 2 80,000 as stonecutters 3 in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. 4
1 tnHeb “made.”
2 tnHeb “carriers of loads.”
3 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
4 tnHeb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”