2 Chronicles 2:18
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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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.
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.
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Commentary
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֨עַשׂ | vai.Ya.'as | and he appointed | H6213 → |
| מֵהֶ֜ם | me.Hem | of them | |
| שִׁבְעִ֥ים | shiv.'Im | seventy | H7657 → |
| אֶ֙לֶף֙ | 'e.lef | thousand | H505 → |
| סַבָּ֔ל | sa.Bal | burden-bearer[s] | H5449 → |
| וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים | u.she.mo.Nim | and eighty | H8084 → |
| אֶ֖לֶף | 'E.lef | thousand | H505 → |
| חֹצֵ֣ב | cho.Tzev | stone-cutter[s] | H2672 → |
| בָּהָ֑ר | ba.Har | in the hill country | H2022 → |
| וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת | u.she.Lo.shet | and three | H7969 → |
| אֲלָפִים֙ | 'a.la.Fim | thousand<s> | H505 → |
| וְשֵׁ֣שׁ | ve.Shesh | and six | H8337 → |
| מֵא֔וֹת | me.'ot | hundred<s> | H3967 → |
| מְנַצְּחִ֖ים | me.na.tze.Chim | overseers | H5329 → |
| לְהַעֲבִ֥יד | le.ha.'a.Vid | to compel to labor | H5647 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעָֽם׃ | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
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