2 Chronicles 2

Preparations for the Temple

(1 Kings 5:1–6)

1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

2So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.

3Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre:[#2:3 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verses 11 and 12]

Hiram’s Reply to Solomon

(1 Kings 5:7–12)

11Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon:

17Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.

18Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.

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