2 Chronicles 2:18

On the numbers, see the 1 Kings 5:16 note. TO SET THE PEOPLE A WORK - Or, “to set the people to work” - i. e., to compel them to labor. Probably, like the Egyptian and Assyrian overseers of forced labor, these officers carried whips or sticks, with which they quickened the movements of the sluggish....

EXPOSITION 2 CHRONICLES 2:1 In the Hebrew text this verse stands as the last of 2 Chronicles 1:1. DETERMINED. The Hebrew word is the ordinary word for "said;" as, _e.g; _in the expression of such frequent occurrence, "The Lord said." Its natural equivalent here might be, he _gave the word, _or _issued the command, _for the building of a house. FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD; better, to _the Name of the Lord _(1 Kings 5:3; or in Hebrew text, 1 Kings 5:18;...

AND HE SET THREESCORE AND TEN THOUSAND OF THEM,.... Which is repeated from 2 Chronicles 2:2, to show how the above number of strangers were disposed of; 70,000 of them bearers of burdens, 80,000 of them hewers of wood, and 3,600 overseers of the workmen, in all 153,600; an emblem of the Gentiles employed in building the spiritual temple, the church, Zechariah 6:15....

2. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE The Beginning and Appeal to Huram CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Solomon's purpose (2 Chronicles 2:1)_ 2. The workmen (2 Chronicles 2:2) 3. The message to Huram, King of Tyre (2 Chronicles 2:3) 4. Huram's answer (2 Chronicles 2:11) 5. Solomon numbers the strangers (2 Chronicles 2:17) In 1 Kings 5, Solomon purposed to begin the great work to which he had been called,

PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (see notes on 1 Kings 5:5). Though the general narrative in the parallel passages is the same, the Chronicler's account varies in detail sufficiently from that in 1 K. to suggest the probability that the Chronicler used a different source. 2 Chronicles 2:14. of the daughters of Dan: in 1 Kings 7:14 of the tribe of Naphthali; a number of other variations of this kind bears out what has just been said as to the Chronicler's source....

SET... A WORK. keep the people at work....

_three thousand and six hundred overseers_ In 1 Kings 5:16, _three thousand and three hundred. Three_in Hebrew (which may be represented in English by the letters SLS) is easily corrupted into _six_(SS in English). Cp. also 2 Chronicles 8:10 (1 Kings 9:23). _a work_ i.e. _on work, to work_....

2. PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 2) TEXT 2 Chronicles 2:1. Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. 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 six hundred to oversee them. 3. And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 4. Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings mornirig and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel. 5. And the ho

SOLOMON'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIRAM This chapter substantially reproduces 1 Kings 5, with some differences in numbers, names, and expressions....

2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 PREPARATIONS FOR THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 2:1-18 V1 Solomon gave orders for the construction of a *temple for the name of the *LORD. Also, he decided to build a palace for himself. V2 He chose 70 000 men to carry loads. He chose 80 000 men to cut stone in the hill country. And he appointed 3600 men to control these workers. V3 Solomon sent a message to Hiram. Hiram was the king of the city called Tyre. Solomon said, ‘You traded with my father Dav