2 Chronicles 2:2-4
New English Translation
2 (2:1) Solomon had[a] 70,000 common laborers[b] and 80,000 stonecutters[c] in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.[d]
3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram[e] of Tyre: “Help me[f] as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs[g] for the construction of his palace.[h] 4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor[i] the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed,[j] and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.[k]
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- 2 Chronicles 2:2 tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 tn Heb “men, carriers of loads.”
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 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.tn Heb “and 3,600 supervisors over them.”
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 tn Heb “for the name of.”
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 tn Heb “and the regular display.”
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 tn Heb “permanently [is] this upon Israel.”
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