Chronicles II 2:2

2 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.

Chronicles II 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:2

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men
Of whom, and the difference of the last number in this text from ( 1 Kings 5:15 1 Kings 5:16 ) , see the notes there. (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:15). (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:16).

Chronicles II 2:2 In-Context

1 And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

2 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.

3 And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,

4 behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this a perpetual for Israel.

5 And the house which I am building great: for the Lord our God great beyond all gods.