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2 Chronicles 2:18 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 18
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.2 Chronicles 2:18 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 2:18 in context
16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fourscoreshᵉmônîymeighty, also eightiethH8084 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- burdensçabbâla porterH5449 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- hewerschâtsabto cut or carveH2672 →
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Here we have, I. The return which Huram made to Solomon's embassy, in which he shows a great respect for Solomon and a readiness to serve him. Meaner people may learn of these great ones to be neighbourly and complaisant. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-18