2 Tawarikh 2:16-18

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. 2:18 He designated ⁵  70,000 as common laborers, ⁶  80,000 as stonecutters ⁷  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁸ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

[2:16]  ³ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “counted.”

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “made.”

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:18]  ⁷ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”