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.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

On the numbers, see the 1 Kings 5:16 note.

To set the people a work—or, “to set the people to work”—that is, to compel the…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Solomon’s levy of Canaanite labourers. (A return to the subject of 2 Chronicles 2:2.)

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he set seventy thousand of them
Which is repeated from (2 Chronicles 2:2) , to show how the above nu…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile sup…

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