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 then, let my lord send his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken. 16We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you as rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.” Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found. 18He appointed seventy thousand of them to carry loads and eighty thousand to quarry stones in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.

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
• countedסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the foreignersאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• the foreignersגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• followingאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• censusסְפָרsephâr · numberingH5610
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and 153,600מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and 153,600חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• and 153,600אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and 153,600שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• were foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:17

• 2 Chronicles 2:2So Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry loads, eighty thousand men to quarry stone in the mountains, and 3,600 to supervise them.
• 2 Chronicles 8:7All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
• 1 Kings 5:13Now King Solomon conscripted forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men.
• 1 Kings 9:20As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,
• 1 Chronicles 22:2So David gave orders to gather the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to cut out stones to build 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