2 Chronicles 2 · Verse 17

2 Chronicles 2:17

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.
2 Chronicles 2:17, King James Version

2 Chronicles 2:17 in other translations

BSBSolomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
WEBSolomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
ASVAnd Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
YLTAnd Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who are in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEThen Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.
WebsterAnd Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

What does 2 Chronicles 2:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:17-18
17-18. Solomon numbered all the strangers, &c.--(See on 1Ki 5:13; 1Ki 5:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

2 Chronicles 2:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּסְפֹּ֣רvai.yis.Porand he countedH5608
שְׁלֹמֹ֗הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָאֲנָשִׁ֤יםha.'a.na.Shimthe peopleH582
הַגֵּירִים֙ha.gei.Rimthe sojournersH1616
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhoH834
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retz[were] in [the] land ofH776
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הַסְּפָ֔רha.se.Farthe censusH5610
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
סְפָרָ֖םse.fa.Ramhe had counted themH5608
דָּוִ֣ידda.VidDavidH1732
אָבִ֑יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
וַיִּמָּצְא֗וּvai.yi.ma.tze.'Uand they were foundH4672
מֵאָ֤הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙va.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572
אֶ֔לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתu.she.Lo.shetand threeH7969
אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.Sheshand sixH8337
מֵאֽוֹת\׃me.'othundred<s>H3967

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 2:17

  • 1 Chronicles 22:2

    And 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 Kings 5:13-16

    And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. And 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. And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; Beside 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 9:20-21

    And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, Their 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:7-8

    As 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, But 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 Chronicles 2:2

    And 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
numbered.
2; 8:7,8; 1Ki 5:13-16; 9:20,21
the strangers. Heb. the men the strangers. after thenumbering.
1Ch 22:2

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 2:16

    And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:17

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:18

    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.

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2 Chronicles 2:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y contó Salomón todos los hombres extranjeros que estaban en la tierra de Israel, después de haberlos ya contado David su padre, y fueron hallados ciento cincuenta y tres mil seiscientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il en fit 70 000 portefaix, et 80 000 tailleurs de pierres sur la montagne, et 3 600 surveillants pour faire travailler le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Salomo zählte alle Fremdlinge, die im Lande Israel waren, nach der Zählung, welche sein Vater David von ihnen gemacht hatte; und es fanden sich 153600.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Numeravit igitur Salomon omnes viros proselytos qui erant in terra Israël, post dinumerationem quam dinumeravit David pater ejus, et inventi sunt centum quinquaginta millia, et tria millia sexcenti.