‏ 2 Chronicles 2:2

2(2:1) Solomon had ▼
▼tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
70,000 common laborers ▼
▼tn Heb “men, carriers of loads.”
and 80,000 stonecutters ▼
▼tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ▼
▼tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-three hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chr 2:2, 18.
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▼tn Heb “and 3,600 supervisors over them.”

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