2:17 Solomon took a census 1 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. 2:18 He designated 2 70,000 as common laborers, 3 80,000 as stonecutters 4 in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. 5
1 tn Heb “counted.”
2 tn Heb “made.”
3 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
4 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
5 tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”