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He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
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The Reality of Forced Labor
Commentators explain that this massive workforce of 153,600 people consisted of the non-Israelite "strangers" living in the land. One scholar suggests the 3,600 overseers likely used harsh methods, similar to Egyptian taskmasters, to compel this forced labor, reminding us of the immense human cost of this grand project.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
And he set ... —Literally, and he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he set seventy thousand of them Which is repeated from (2 Chronicles 2:2) , to show how the above nu…
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