2:17 Solomon took a census 1 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.
1 tn Heb “counted.”
2 tn Heb “and the men who were designated by names arose and took the captives and all their naked ones they clothed from the loot.”
3 tn Heb “and poured oil on them.”
4 tn Heb “and they led them on donkeys, with respect to everyone stumbling.”
5 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.