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2 Chronicles 2:17-18
New International Version
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
New International Version
17 Solomon took a census of all the foreigners(A) residing in Israel, after the census(B) his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. 18 He assigned(C) 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
English Standard Version
17 Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, (A)after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600. 18 (B)Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.
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2 Chronicles 2:17-18
New American Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
New American Standard Bible
17 Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, (A)following the [a]census which his father David had [b]taken; and 153,600 were found. 18 (B)He appointed seventy thousand of them to carry loads and eighty thousand to quarry stones in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.
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2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Common English Bible
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Common English Bible
17 Then Solomon counted all the immigrants in the land of Israel, as his father David had done, and the total was 153,600. 18 He made 70,000 of these immigrants laborers, 80,000 of them stonecutters in the highlands, and 3,600 of them supervisors to keep the people working.
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2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Contemporary English Version
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Contemporary English Version
Solomon's Work Force
17 Solomon counted all the foreigners who were living in Israel, just as his father David had done when he was king, and the total was 153,600. 18 He assigned 70,000 of them to carry building supplies and 80,000 of them to cut stone from the hills. He chose 3,600 others to supervise the workers and to make sure the work was completed.
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