2 Chronicles 2:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Solomon numbered all the strangersg 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. ”

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 im...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Preparations for the Building of the Temple (see notes on 1 Kings 5:5-18 ). Though the general narrative in the parallel passages is the same, the Chronicler's account varies in detail sufficientl...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the strangers. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31 , and compare 1 Chronicles 22:2 .
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 thr...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Negotiations with Hiram This chapter substantially reproduces 1 Kings 5 , with some differences in numbers, names, and expressions.
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the strangers. — The indigenous Canaanite population. (Comp. the use of the term in Genesis 23:4 ; Exodus 22:21 ; Leviticus 17:8 .) After the numbering. — The word sĕphâr, “reckoning,”...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a c...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The king's devotion to the highest work of his life was, however, unhindered, and the second chapter gives us the story of how he commenced his preparations for doing that work by new commercial trea...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We may in some measure, form some faint idea of the wonderful structure of Solomon's temple, which was finished in seven years, from the number of hands employed. But what is this to the grand though...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel ,.... Which, according to Kimchi, were the remains of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites, see 2 Chronicles 8:8...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Solomon numbered all the strangers For David had not only numbered his own people, but afterward the strangers, that Solomon might have a true account of them, and employ them about his buildings....
2 Chronicles 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SOLOMON'S REQUEST FROM HIRAM (vv.1-10). As the Lord had foretold to David, He worked upon Solomon's heart to make him determine to build both a temple for the Lord and a royal house for himself...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Treaty with Hiram. B. C. 1015. 11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in wr...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wherewith David his father had numbered them; for David had not only numbered his own people, for which he smarted, 2Sa 24 ; but afterward he numbered the strangers, not out of vanity, but that So...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 1 Kings 5 . It comprises preparations for building the temple ( 2 Chronicles 2:1-2 ); Solomon’s message to Huram ( 2 Chronicles 2:3-10 ); Huram’s reply...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:1 . A house. The word temple among the Jews, gradually obtained from the Gentiles. The Egyptians were the first that built temples; the Greeks and the Tyrians followed, as they rose...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel. Naturalisation of foreigners I. A good government will tend to make a country attractive to foreigners. II. Foreigners...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Chronicles 2:1 In the Hebrew text this verse stands as the last of 2 Chronicles 1:1-14 . Determined . The Hebrew word is the ordinary word for "said;" as, e.g; in the expre...
2 Chronicles 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Huram's Kind Answer
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:2 ; 1 Kings 5:13-16 ; 1 Kings 9:20 ; 1 Kings 9:21 ; 2 Chronicles 2:2 ; 2 Chronicles 8:7 ; 2 Chronicles 8:8
2 Chronicles 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The strangers — For David had not only numbered his own people, but afterward the strangers, that Solomon might have a true account of them, and employ them about his buildings. Yet Solomon numbere...

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes