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2 Chronicles 2:18

16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

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.
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BSB
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
KJV
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.
WEB
He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.
ASV
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
DARBY
And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.
BLB
And he made of them seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to make the people work.
ÅB
Av dem gjorde han sytti tusen til bærere og åtti tusen til stenhuggere på fjellene og tre tusen og seks hundre til oppsynsmenn, som skulle holde folket til arbeid.
OTB
Han utnevnte sytti tusen av dem til å bære byrder,
åtti tusen til å hugge stein i fjellene,
og 3 600 tilsynsmenn til å lede folket som gjorde arbeidet.
B1930
Av dem gjorde han sytti tusen til bærere og åtti tusen til stenhuggere på fjellene og tre tusen og seks hundre til opsynsmenn, som skulde holde folket til arbeid.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:2

    And 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.

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