2 Tawarikh 2:2
Konteks2:2 (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 13:3
Konteks13:3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, 5 while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors. 6
[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
[2:2] tn Heb “and 3,600 supervisors over them.”
[13:3] 5 tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men.”
[13:3] 6 tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with eight hundred thousand chosen men, strong warrior[s].”