2 Chronicles 2:18
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And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
In other translations
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַשׂvaiya'asand he appointedH6213מֵהֶםmehemof themשִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505סַבָּלsabalburden-bearer[s]H5449וּשְׁמֹנִיםushemonimand eightyH8084אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505חֹצֵבchotzevstone-cutter[s]H2672בָּהָרbaharin the hill countryH2022וּשְׁלֹשֶׁתusheloshetand threeH7969אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505וְשֵׁשׁvesheshand sixH8337מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967מְנַצְּחִיםmenatzechimoverseersH5329לְהַעֲבִידleha'avidto compel to laborH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעָם׃ha'amthe peopleH5971
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:2And 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.So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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