2 Chronicles 1:14

Solomon’s Wealth

1:14 Solomon accumulated ¹  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ³  70,000 common laborers ⁴  and 80,000 stonecutters ⁵  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 7:5

7:5 King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 13:3

13:3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, ⁷  while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 14:8

14:8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

2 Chronicles 30:24

30:24 King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep ⁹  for the assembly, while the officials supplied them ¹⁰  with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Or “gathered.”

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:2]  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.

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men.”

[13:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with eight hundred thousand chosen men, strong warrior[s].”

[30:24]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on, translated “sheep” twice in this verse) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

[30:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “the assembly.” The pronoun “them” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.