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.
Ver. 17. After the numbering.] See 1 Chronicles 22:2 .
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 impos...
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 ...
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 t...
THE STRANGERS. See note on 2 Samuel 12:31, and compare 1 Chronicles 22:2....
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...
_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 T...
SOLOMON'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIRAM This chapter substantially reproduces 1 Kings 5, with some differences in numbers, names, and expressions....
THE STRANGERS] Solomon in imposing forced labour upon his subjects did not, like his father, confine it to those who were of foreign origin, but extended it to native Israelites: 1 Kings 5:18....
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 Solomo
ALL THE STRANGERS. — The indigenous Canaanite population. (Comp. the use of the term in Genesis 23:4; Exodus 22:21; Leviticus 17:8.) AFTER THE NUMBERING. — The word _sĕphâr,_ “reckoning,” “census,” oc...
Solomon’s levy of Canaanite labourers. (A return to the subject of 2 Chronicles 2:2.)...
_[2 Chronicles 2:16]_ וַ יִּסְפֹּ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה כָּל ־הָ...
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a commu...
The king's devotion to the highest work of his life was, however, unhindered, and the second chapter gives us the story of how he commenced his preparations for doing that work by new commercial treat...
_Had made, at the commencement of Solomon's reign, when David put such immense treasures into his hands. The second list was taken when the temple was begun. The proselytes were the remnants of the na...
We may in some measure, form some faint idea of the wonderful structure of Solomon's temple, which was finished in seven years, from the number of hands employed. But what is this to the grand thought...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
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...
_Solomon numbered all the strangers_ For David had not only numbered his own people, but afterward the strangers, that Solomon might have a true account of them, and employ them about his buildings. Y...
1 and 17 Solomons labourers for the building of the Temple. 3 His embassage to Huram for workemen and prouision of stuffe. 11 Huram sendeth him a kinde answere. 1 AND Solomon determined to build a...
Huram's Kind Answer...
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, the members and descendants of heathen nations in the midst of Israel, AFTER THE NUMBERING WHEREWITH DAVID, HIS FATHER, HAD NUMB...
SOLOMON'S REQUEST FROM HIRAM (vv.1-10). As the Lord had foretold to David, He worked upon Solomon's heart to make him determine to build both a temple for the Lord and a royal house for himself (v.1...
THE STRANGERS: _ Heb._ the men the strangers...
WHEREWITH DAVID HIS FATHER HAD NUMBERED THEM; for David had not only numbered his own people, for which he smarted, 2SA 24; but afterward he numbered the strangers, not out of vanity, but that Solomon...
2 Chronicles 2:17 Solomon H8010 numbered H5608 (H8799) aliens H582 H1616 land H776 Israel H3478 after H310 ce
CONTENTS: Preparation to build the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram, King of Tyre. CONCLUSION: (2 Chronicles 2:4-6) It becomes us to go about every work for God with a due sense of our utter...
2 Chronicles 2:1. _A house._ The word temple among the Jews, gradually obtained from the Gentiles. The Egyptians were the first that built temples; the Greeks and the Tyrians followed, as they rose to...
_And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel._ NATURALISATION OF FOREIGNERS I. A good government will tend to make a country attractive to foreigners. II. Foreigners thus...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 1 Kings 5. It comprises preparations for building the temple (2 Chronicles 2:1); Solomon’s message to Huram (2 Chronicles 2:3); Huram’s reply ...
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 fre...
Now Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out [or counted out] seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to cu...
1 Chronicles 22:2; 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 9:20; 1 Kings 9:21;...
The strangers — For David had not only numbered his own people, but afterward the strangers, that Solomon might have a true account of them, and employ them about his buildings. Yet Solomon numbered t...