Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
2. told out ] The 150,000 bearers and hewers mentioned here are said to have been aliens (2Ch 2:17). This statement is confirmed by 1Ki 5:15 which distinguishes them from the levy of 30,000 hewers raised out of all Israel ( ib. 1Ki 5:13). The 30,000 Israelites were subject to a corve of one month in every three, the 150,000 aliens were apparently always at work. Cp. 2Ch 8:9, note.
in the mountain ] R.V. in the mountains. The Hebrew expression is indefinite.
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And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men,…. Of whom, and the difference of the last number in this text from 1Ki 5:15, see the notes there.
[See comments on 1Ki 5:15].
[See comments on 1Ki 5:16].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
See note on 1Ki 5:13
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(2) And Solomon told out.That is, counted out. (Comp. Psa. 22:17; Exo. 5:8.) For the rest of this verse see Note on 2Ch. 2:18, where its contents are repeated. (Comp. 1Ki. 5:15.)
To bear . . . to hew . . . to oversee.Bearers of . . . hewers . . . overseers over, as in 2Ch. 2:18.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(2) The treaty with Huram of Tyre (2Ch. 2:3-16).
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2Ch 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.
Ver. 2. And Solomon told out. ] See 1Ki 5:16-17 .
And three thousand and six hundred.
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And Solomon, &c. The 11th Seder ends here. See note on p. 366.
men. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14.
three thousand and six hundred. Compare 1Ki 5:16.
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told out threescore: 2Ch 2:18, 1Ki 5:15, 1Ki 5:16
Reciprocal: 2Ch 2:17 – numbered
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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 {a} six hundred to oversee them.
(a) Which is to be understood of all sorts of officers and overseers: for else the chief officers were but 3300 as in 1Ki 5:16.