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2 Chronicles 2:15-18
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2 Chronicles 2:15-18
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15 “Now let my lord send his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil(A) and wine he promised, 16 and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them as rafts by sea down to Joppa.(B) You can then take them up to Jerusalem.”
17 Solomon took a census of all the foreigners(C) residing in Israel, after the census(D) his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. 18 He assigned(E) 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.
2 Chronicles 2:15-18
King James Version
2 Chronicles 2:15-18
King James Version
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And 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 shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 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.
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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2 Chronicles 2:15-18
New King James Version
2 Chronicles 2:15-18
New King James Version
15 Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which (A)my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants. 16 (B)And we will cut wood from Lebanon, as much as you need; we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to [a]Joppa, and you will carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 (C)Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which (D)David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred. 18 And he made (E)seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.
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- 2 Chronicles 2:16 Heb. Japho
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