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2 Chronicles 2:17

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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.	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.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Solomon^H8010 numbered^H5608 all the strangers^{H582 H1616} that were in the land^H776 of Israel^H3478, after^H310 the numbering^H5610 wherewith David^H1732 his father^H1 had numbered^H5608 them; and they were found^H4672 an hundred^H3967 and fifty^H2572 thousand^H505 and three^H7969 thousand^H505 and six^H8337 hundred^H3967.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַשׂ מֵהֶם שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף סַבָּל וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף חֹצֵב בָּהָר וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֹות מְנַצְּחִים לְהַעֲבִיד אֶת־הָעָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ	va/i.Ya.'as	H6213	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he appointed
מֵ/הֶ֜ם	me./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	of/ them
שִׁבְעִ֥ים	shiv.'Im	H7657	HAcbpa	seventy
אֶ֨לֶף֙	'e.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand
סַבָּ֔ל	sa.Bal	H5449	HNcmsa	burden-bearer(s)
וּ/שְׁמֹנִ֥ים	u./she.mo.Nim	H8084	HC/Acbpa	and/ eighty
אֶ֖לֶף	'E.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand
חֹצֵ֣ב	cho.Tzev	H2672	HVqrmsa	stone-cutter(s)
בָּ/הָ֑ר	ba./Har	H2022	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ hill country
וּ/שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת	u./she.Lo.shet	H7969	HC/Acmsc	and/ three
אֲלָפִים֙	'a.la.Fim	H505	HAcbpa	thousand(s)
וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ	ve./Shesh	H8337	HC/Acfsa	and/ six
מֵא֔וֹת	me.'ot	H3967	HAcbpa	hundred(s)
מְנַצְּחִ֖ים	me.na.tze.Chim	H5329	HVprmpa	overseers
לְ/הַעֲבִ֥יד	le./ha.'a.Vid	H5647	HR/Vhc	to/ compel to labor
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ/עָֽם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1616 — גֵּר (gêr, gare): or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner; alien, sojourner, stranger.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H2572 — חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym, kham-ish-sheem'): multiple of חָמֵשׁ; fifty; fifty.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5608 — סָפַר (çâphar, saw-far'): a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
• H5610 — סְפָר (çᵉphâr, sef-awr'): from סָפַר; a census; numbering.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8010 — שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'): from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.
• H8337 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ; six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth; six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
• H2672 — חָצַב (châtsab, khaw-tsab'): or חָצֵב; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave; cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
• H5329 — נָצַח (nâtsach, naw-tsakh'): a primitive root; also as denominative from נֶצַח; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent; excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
• H5449 — סַבָּל (çabbâl, sab-bawl'): from סָבַל; a porter; (to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
• H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7657 — שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym, shib-eem'): multiple of שֶׁבַע; seventy; seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).
• H8084 — שְׁמֹנִים (shᵉmônîym, shem-o-neem'): or שְׁמוֹנִים; multiple from שְׁמֹנֶה; eighty, also eightieth; eighty(-ieth), fourscore.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• after the numbering — 1 Chronicles 22:2
• numbered — 1 Kings 5:13-16, 1 Kings 9:20-21, 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 8:7-8

Reciprocal references (2): Joshua 9:21, 1 Kings 5:15

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: STRANGERS IN ISRAEL
• Nave’s: ALIENS, TEMPLE

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