2 Chronicles 2:18
Context2:18 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. 4
Ezekiel 29:18
Context29:18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar 5 of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. 6 Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.
[2:18] 2 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
[2:18] 3 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
[2:18] 4 tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”
[29:18] 5 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n” (so also in v. 19).
[29:18] 6 sn Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre from 585 to 571