2 Tawarikh 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ¹  70,000 common laborers ²  and 80,000 stonecutters ³  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 2:17-18

2:17 Solomon took a census ⁵  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 ⁶  70,000 as common laborers, ⁷  80,000 as stonecutters ⁸  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁹ 

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:2]  ⁴ tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chr 2:2, 18.

[2:2]  tn Heb “and 3,600 supervisors over them.”

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “counted.”

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “made.”

[2:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:18]  ⁸ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”