So David gave orders to gather the resident foreigners that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census of them which his father David had taken. They were found to be 153,600. American Standard Version (1901) And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. Common English Bible Then Solomon counted all the immigrants in the land of Israel, as his father David had done, and the total was 153,600. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Solomon numbered all the new converts who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering that David his father had done, and they were found to be one hundred fifty thousand and three thousand six hundred. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his father had made: and they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred. |
So David gave orders to gather the resident foreigners that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.
so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.