2 Chronicles 34:13

34:13 supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. ¹  Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

2 Chronicles 2:18

2:18 He designated ²  70,000 as common laborers, ³  80,000 as stonecutters ⁴  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ⁶  70,000 common laborers ⁷  and 80,000 stonecutters ⁸  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 34:12

34:12 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

¹ tn Heb “[were] over the laborers and were directing every doer of work for work assignment and work assignment.”

² tn Heb “made.”

³ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

⁴ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

⁵ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”

³ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁴ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

⁵ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

⁶ tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chr 2:2, 18.