2 Chronicles 2:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Chronicles 2:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Chronicles 2:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Chronicles 2:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.”
2 Chronicles 2:18 — World English Bible
2 Chronicles 2:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.”
2 Chronicles 2:18 — American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 2:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.”
2 Chronicles 2:18 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 2:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.”
2 Chronicles 2:18 — Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 2:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he set seuentie thousande of them to the burden, and fourescore thousande to hewe stones in the mountaine, and three thousande and sixe hundreth ouerseers to cause the people to worke. ”
2 Chronicles 2:18 — Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 2:18 in Context — 2 Chronicles 2
16 Et nous, nous couperons des bois du Liban autant que tu en auras besoin; nous te les expédierons par mer en radeaux jusqu’à Japho, et tu les feras monter à Jérusalem.
17 Salomon compta tous les étrangers qui étaient dans le pays d’Israël, et dont le dénombrement avait été fait par David, son père. On en trouva cent cinquante-trois mille six cents.
18 Et il en prit soixante-dix mille pour porter les fardeaux, quatre-vingt mille pour tailler les pierres dans la montagne, et trois mille six cents pour surveiller et faire travailler le peuple.
What Does 2 Chronicles 2:18 Mean?
2 Chronicles 2:18 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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