2 Chronicles 2:2

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and (a) six h...
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

And Solomon, &c. The 11th Seder ends here. See note on p. 366. men. Hebrew. 'ish . App-14. three thousand and six hundred. Compare 1...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six h...
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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Solomon told out. — That is, counted out. (Comp. Psalms 22:17 ; Exodus 5:8 .) For the rest of this verse see Note on 2 Chronicles 2:18 , w...
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

The account here given, is so very similar to what we read 1 Kings 5:1 that once for all I refer the Reader to it.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 , see the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hund...
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

Preparations to Build the Temple. B. C. 1015....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 determined to build an house for the name of the Lord. Solomon’s predestined work Solomon was born to do this work. There is no nee...
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

Solomon's Message to Huram
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Arid Solomon told out, raised by conscription, threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, in the actual erection of the Temple, and fourscor...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:15 ; 1 Kings 5:16 ; 2 Chronicles 2:18

² And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 2:2

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

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

2 Chronicles 2:2