2 Tawarikh 2:17-18

2:17 Solomon took a census ¹  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 ²  70,000 as common laborers, ³  80,000 as stonecutters ⁴  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁵ 

[2:17]  ¹ tn Heb “counted.”

[2:18]  ² tn Heb “made.”

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”