2 Chronicles 2:2

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

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Other Translations for 2 Chronicles 2:2

BSB
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
AKJV
And Solomon told out three score and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
CPDV
And he numbered seventy thousand men to carry upon shoulders, and eighty thousand who were hewing stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as their overseers.
ERV
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
NHEB
Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
SMT
And Solomon will number seventy thousand men to carry, and eighty thousand men to hew in the mountain; and they superintending over them three thousand six hundred.

Commentary for 2 Chronicles 2:2

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Overview of 2 Chronicles 2:2
Summary
Solomon assembles workforce for massive construction project
Place
Israel
Event
Recruitment of builders
Estimated Time Period
c. 960 BC
Category
Narrative