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2 Chron. 2:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andb Solomon numbered all θthe strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numberingc wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

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2 Chron. 8:7‑8• ⁷As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
⁸But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. (2 Chron. 8:7‑8)

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1 Kings 9:20‑21• ²⁰And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
²¹Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. (1 Kings 9:20‑21)

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the men, the strangers.

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1 Chron. 22:2• ²And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. (1 Chron. 22:2)

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numbered.

2 Chron. 2:2• ²And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. (2 Chron. 2:2)

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2 Chron. 8:7‑8• ⁷As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
⁸But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. (2 Chron. 8:7‑8)

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1 Kings 5:13‑16• 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 levy.
¹⁵And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
¹⁶Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. (1 Kings 5:13‑16)

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1 Kings 9:20‑21• ²⁰And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
²¹Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. (1 Kings 9:20‑21)

the strangers.

Heb. the men the strangers.

after thenumbering.

1 Chron. 22:2• ²And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. (1 Chron. 22:2)

• Here, as in all these chapters, we find King Solomon portrayed from the standpoint of the perfection of his reign. The nations are subject to him. The men to bear burdens, the stone cutters, and the overseers are taken exclusively from among the Canaanites living in the midst of Israel, whom the people had not succeeded in driving out (2 Chron. 2:1-2; 17-18; 8:7-9). (“Solomon and Huram (Hiram): 2 Chronicles 2” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.