2 Chronicles 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ¹  The land experienced ²  its sabbatical years; ³  it remained desolate for seventy years, ⁴  as prophesied. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 29:32

29:32 The assembly brought a total of 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs as burnt sacrifices to the Lord, ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ⁷  70,000 common laborers ⁸  and 80,000 stonecutters ⁹  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 2:18

2:18 He designated ¹¹  70,000 as common laborers, ¹²  80,000 as stonecutters ¹³  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

² tn Or “accepted.”

³ sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

⁴ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

⁵ tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the number of burnt sacrifices which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs; for a burnt sacrifice to the Lord were all these.”

¹¹ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

¹² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

¹³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁶ tn Heb “made.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

¹⁸ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

¹⁹ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”