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
2 Chronicles 2:2
Context2:2 (2:1) Solomon had 5 70,000 common laborers 6 and 80,000 stonecutters 7 in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. 8


[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.”
[2:2] 5 tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
[2:2] 6 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
[2:2] 7 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
[2:2] 8 tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek