Verse 1

2 Chronicles 2:1

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1 He allocated 70,000 men as laborers, 80,000 as stone cutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּסְפֹּ֨ר שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֨לֶף֙ אִ֣ישׁ סַבָּ֔ל וּ/שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ חֹצֵ֣ב בָּ/הָ֑ר וּ/מְנַצְּחִ֣ים עֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת

English Translation

And Solomon counted seventy thousand men to bear burdens and eighty thousand men who quarried stone in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers over them.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 He allocated 70,000 men as laborers, 80,000 as stone cutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.

2 Solomon sent a message to Hiram, king of Tyre, telling him, Focus ↗

3 “Please do as you did with my father David when you sent him cedar timber for him to build a palace... Focus ↗

4 This Temple I am about to build must be impressive, because our God (Elohim) is greater than all god... Focus ↗

5 But who can build a Temple for him to live in, for the heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain... Focus ↗

6 So please send me a master craftsman who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron;... Focus ↗

7 Also send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your workers are skillfu... Focus ↗

8 I will pay your workers, the wood-cutters, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,0... Focus ↗

9 King Hiram of Tyre responded to Solomon by letter: “It's because the Lord loves his people that he h... Focus ↗

10 Hiram went on, “Praise the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He... Focus ↗

11 I'm sending you Hiram-Abi, a master craftsman who knows and understands what he's doing. Focus ↗

12 His mother is from the tribe of Dan and his father is from Tyre. He's an expert in working with gold... Focus ↗

13 Now my lord, please send to us his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he spoke about. Focus ↗

14 We will cut all timber you need from Lebanon and take it to you by sea in rafts to Joppa. From there... Focus ↗

15 Solomon had a census taken of all the foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father D... Focus ↗

16 He allocated 70,000 as laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 2 (16 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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