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 therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send to his servants: 16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou mayest convey it to Jerusalem. And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people to 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
• numberedסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• strangersאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• strangersגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• numberingסְפָרsephâr · numberingH5610
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:17

• 2 Chronicles 2:2And Solomon numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
• 2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
• 1 Kings 5:13And king Solomon raised forced labour out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
• 1 Kings 9:20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel,
• 1 Chronicles 22:2And David commanded to gather the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought 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