2 Chronicles 2:16-17

2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon ¹  and bring it ²  in raft-like bundles ³  by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

2:17 Solomon took a census ⁴  of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

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¹ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

² tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

³ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

⁴ tn Heb “counted.”