2 Chronicles 2:17

2 Chronicles 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)Solomon took a census of all the foreigners residing in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

Context of 2 Chronicles 2:17

15Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised. 16We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.” Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all. 18Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.

2 Chronicles 2:17 word by word

וַיִּסְפֹּ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הַגֵּירִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֣י הַסְּפָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְפָרָ֖ם דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמָּצְא֗וּ מֵאָ֤ה וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• numberedסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the foreignגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• followingאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• the censusסְפָרsephâr · numberingH5610
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and there were found to beמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• 153,600מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 153,600חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• 153,600אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 153,600שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• 153,600שֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:17

• 2 Chronicles 2:2So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
• 2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
• 1 Kings 5:13Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
• 1 Kings 9:20As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
• 1 Chronicles 22:2So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The strangers are the non-Israelite population of the holy land, the descendants (chiefly) of those Canaanites whom the children of Israel did not drive out. The reimposition of the bond-service imposed on the Canaanites at the time of the conquest Judges 1:28, Judges 1:30, Judges 1:33, Judges 1:35, but discontinued in the period of depression between Joshua and Saul, was (it is clear) due to David, whom Solomon merely imitated in the arrangements…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18The book of Kings states that people from the seven nations were forced into labor. No Israelites were forced to work; instead, they supervised the laborers (1 Kings 9:20–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. Solomon numbered all the strangers, &c.--(See on 1Ki 5:13; 1Ki 5:18).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 2:17

• Aliens
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• David
• Israel
• Solomon
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Census
• Cut
• Graving
• Proselyte
• Silver

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings