2 Chronicles 2:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 2:2 : 2 And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 2:1-2
2 verses
95%
1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
1 Kgs 5:13-18
6 verses
91%
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to taskwork.
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
16besides Solomon's chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
2 Chr 2:16-17
2 verses
86%
16and 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.
17And 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.
1 Kgs 9:23
76%
23These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
1 Chr 23:4
75%
4Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
2 Chr 8:9-10
2 verses
75%
9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
10And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
1 Chr 22:15-16
2 verses
73%
15Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in every manner of work:
16of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee.
2 Chr 2:10
73%
10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
Ezra 2:65-67
3 verses
73%
65besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
66Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
67their camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Neh 7:60
72%
60All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
2 Sam 18:1
72%
1And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
Num 4:40
71%
40even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Neh 7:67
71%
67besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Ezra 2:58
71%
58All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
1 Kgs 20:15
71%
15Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty - two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
1 Kgs 4:26
71%
26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Chr 21:5
70%
5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
2 Chr 26:12-13
2 verses
70%
12The whole number of the heads of fathers' [houses], even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
2 Chr 17:18
70%
18and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war.
1 Kgs 10:26
70%
26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chr 1:2
70%
2And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
Num 31:33
70%
33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
Num 4:48
70%
48even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
Num 4:44
70%
44even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Num 31:38
70%
38And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve.
1 Chr 25:7
70%
7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
1 Chr 26:8
70%
8All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.
Num 2:4
70%
4And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
1 Kgs 4:6
69%
6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
1 Chr 7:9
69%
9And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.
2 Sam 6:1
69%
1And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Num 4:36
69%
36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
2 Chr 9:25
69%
25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Num 3:28
69%
28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
1 Kgs 9:14
69%
14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
2 Chr 34:12
69%
12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music.
2 Chr 1:14
69%
14And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Chr 28:21
69%
21And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.