Preparing to Build the Temple

[a] (A)Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself. [b] (B)And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and (C)3,600 to oversee them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1:18 in Hebrew
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew

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