2 Chronicles 2:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֜ה
(she·lo·moh)
8010: David's son and successor to his thronefrom shalem
assignedוַיִּסְפֹּ֨ר
(vai·yis·por)
5608: to count, recount, relatedenominative verb from sepher
70,000שִׁבְעִ֥ים
(shiv·'im)
7657: seventy (a card. number)from sheba
menאִ֣ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
to carry loadsסַבָּ֔ל
(sab·bal,)
5449: burden bearerfrom sabal
and 80,000וּשְׁמֹונִ֥ים
(u·she·mo·v·nim)
8084: an eightyfrom the same as shemoneh
menאִ֖ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
to quarryחֹצֵ֣ב
(cho·tzev)
2672: to hew, hew out, cleavea prim. root
[stone] in the mountainsבָּהָ֑ר
(ba·har;)
2022: mountain, hill, hill countryof uncertain derivation
and 3,600שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת
(she·lo·shet)
7969: a three, triadof uncertain derivation
to superviseוּמְנַצְּחִ֣ים
(u·me·na·tze·chim)
5329: preeminent or enduringa prim. root
them. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And Solomon
Shlomoh  (shel-o-mo')
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor -- Solomon.
told out
caphar  (saw-far')
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
threescore and ten
shib`iym.  (shib-eem')
seventy -- seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
men
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
to bear burdens
cabbal  (sab-bawl')
a porter -- (to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
and fourscore
shmoniym  (shem-o-neem')
eighty, also eightieth -- eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
to hew
chatsab  (khaw-tsab')
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.
in the mountain
har  (har)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion.
and three
shalowsh  (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
and six
shesh  (shaysh)
six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth -- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
hundred
me'ah  (may-aw')
a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred(-fold), -th), + sixscore.
to oversee
natsach  (naw-tsakh')
to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music)
them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them.

King James 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 hundred to oversee them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.

International Standard Version
So Solomon conscripted 70,000 men to do heavy work, 80,000 men to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 to supervise them.

NET Bible
Solomon had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Solomon drafted 70,000 men to carry heavy loads, 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains, and 3,600 foremen.

King James 2000 Bible
And Solomon selected threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to quarry in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
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