2 Chronicles 2:17

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.

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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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the strangers. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31 , and compare 1 Chronicles 22:2 .
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 the...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The strangers ] Solomon in imposing forced labour upon his subjects did not, like his father, confine it to those who were of foreign origin, but ex...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Solomon’s levy of Canaanite labourers. (A return to the subject of 2 Chronicles 2:2 .)
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 fi...
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 prepa...
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 ha...
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,...
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...
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 acco...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Treaty with Hiram. B. C. 1015. ...
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 numb...
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 messa...
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 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 c...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Huram's Kind Answer
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, the members and descendants of heathen nations in the midst of Israel, after...
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
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 em...

¹⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 2:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Chronicles 2:17