2 Chronicles 2:18
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.
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2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple
2:1 (1:18) 5 Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 6
2 Chronicles 5:1
5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the
Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 5:1
5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the
Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.
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.”
5 sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
6 tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”