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2 Chronicles 2:16-18
New English Translation

16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon[a] and bring it[b] in raft-like bundles[c] by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

17 Solomon took a census of[d] all the male resident foreigners[e] in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all. 18 He designated[f] 70,000 as common laborers,[g] 80,000 as stonecutters[h] in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.[i]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 2:16 tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:16 tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons—it is somewhat redundant.
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:16 tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.
  4. 2 Chronicles 2:17 tn Heb “Solomon counted.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 2:17 sn The term גֵּר (ger) refers to a foreign resident, but with different social implications in different settings. In Mosaic Law the resident foreigner was essentially a naturalized citizen and convert to worshiping the God of Israel (see Exod 12:19, 48; Deut 29:10-13).
  6. 2 Chronicles 2:18 tn Heb “appointed from them.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 2:18 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 2:18 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
  9. 2 Chronicles 2:18 tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”
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