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Contemporary English Version

2 Chronicles 2:17

Solomon counted all the foreigners who were living in Israel, just as his father David had done when he was king, and the total was 153,600.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aliens;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Strangers in Israel;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hiram or Huram;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Neighbor;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Census;   Proselyte;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Proselytes;   Stranger;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ships and Boats;   Solomon;   Tyre;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Sol'omon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Stranger;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abigail;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon took a census of all the resident alien men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600.
Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo numbered all the sojourners who were in Eretz-Yisra'el, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600.
New Century Version
Solomon counted all the foreigners living in Israel. (This was after the time his father David had counted the people.) There were one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred foreigners in the country.
New English Translation
Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.
Amplified Bible
Then Solomon took a count of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census that his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.
New American Standard Bible
Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.
World English Bible
Solomon numbered all the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomon nombred al the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the nombring that his father Dauid had nombred them: & they were found an hundreth and three & fiftie thousand, and sixe hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Solomon numbered all the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
Complete Jewish Bible
He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads, 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as supervisors to assign the people their work.
Darby Translation
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Solomon counted all the foreigners living in Israel. (This was after the time when his father David counted the people.) They found 153,600 strangers in the country.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Solomon gathered together all the proselytes who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering of them which David his father had done; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
Good News Translation
King Solomon took a census of all the foreigners living in the land of Israel, similar to the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 resident foreigners.
Lexham English Bible
Then Solomon counted all the resident alien men who were in the land of Israel after the census that David his father had taken of them. And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand.
Literal Translation
And Solomon numbered all the men, the aliens who were in the land of Israel, according to the numbering with which his father David numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty three thousand, six hundred;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon nombred all the straungers in the londe of Israel, acordinge to the nombre whan Dauid his father nombred them: and there were founde an hundreth & fiftye thousande, thre thousande and sixe hudreth.
American Standard Version
And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Bible in Basic English
Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon numbred all the straungers that were in the lande of Israel, after the number of them whom his father Dauid had numbred: And they were founde an hundred fiftie and three thousand, and sixe hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
King James Version (1611)
And Solomon numbred all the strangers that were in the lande of Israel, after the numbring wherewith Dauid his father had numbred them: and they were found an hundred and fiftie thousand, and three thousand and sixe hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Salomon noumbride alle men conuertid fro hethenesse, that weren in the lond of Israel, aftir the noumbryng which Dauid, his fadir, noumbride; and an hundrid thousynde and thre and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid weren foundun.
Update Bible Version
And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
New King James Version
Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
New Living Translation
Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father had taken, and he counted 153,600.
New Life Bible
Solomon numbered all those in Israel who were from other lands, using the number of them which his father David had taken. And 153,600 were found.
New Revised Standard
Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were residing in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had taken; and there were found to be one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Solomon numbered all the men that were sojourners, who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering, wherewith David his father had numbered them, - and they were found to be - a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his father had made, and they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
Revised Standard Version
Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them which David his father had taken; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;
THE MESSAGE
Solomon then took a census of all the foreigners living in Israel, using the same census-taking method employed by his father. They numbered 153,600. He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 to work the quarries in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen to manage the work crews.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.

Contextual Overview

11 Hiram sent his answer back to Solomon: I know that the Lord must love his people, because he has chosen you to be their king. 12 Praise the Lord God of Israel who made heaven and earth! He has given David a son who isn't only wise and smart, but who has the knowledge to build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself. 13 I am sending Huram Abi to you. He is very bright. 14 His mother was from the Israelite tribe of Dan, and his father was from Tyre. Not only is Huram an expert at working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, but he can also make colored cloth and fine linen. And he can carve anything if you give him a pattern to follow. He can help your workers and those hired by your father King David. 15 Go ahead and send the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine you promised to pay my workers. 16 I will tell them to start cutting down trees in Lebanon. They will cut as many as you need, then tie them together into rafts, and float them down along the coast to Joppa. Your workers can take them to Jerusalem from there. 17 Solomon counted all the foreigners who were living in Israel, just as his father David had done when he was king, and the total was 153,600. 18 He assigned 70,000 of them to carry building supplies and 80,000 of them to cut stone from the hills. He chose 3,600 others to supervise the workers and to make sure the work was completed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

numbered: 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 8:7, 2 Chronicles 8:8, 1 Kings 5:13-16, 1 Kings 9:20, 1 Kings 9:21

the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers

after the numbering: 1 Chronicles 22:2

Reciprocal: Joshua 9:21 - let them 1 Kings 5:15 - threescore

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.
Genesis 2:4
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
Genesis 2:6
But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
Genesis 2:10
From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.
Genesis 2:12
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
Genesis 2:13
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:18
The Lord God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him."
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
Genesis 3:11
"How did you know you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat any fruit from that tree in the middle of the garden?"

Gill's Notes on the 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, yet not idolaters, or they would not have been suffered by David and Solomon to have dwelt in the land, but were such as were become proselytes of the gate:

after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; not at the time Israel was numbered by him, but in order to provide workmen for the building of the temple, 1 Chronicles 22:2,

and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and six hundred; men able to bear burdens, and hew timber.

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 imposed on the Canaanites at the time of the conquest Judges 1:28, Judges 1:30, Judges 1:33, Judges 1:35, but discontinued in the period of depression between Joshua and Saul, was (it is clear) due to David, whom Solomon merely imitated in the arrangements described in these verses.


 
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