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2 Chronicles 2:1-2
New Living Translation

Preparations for Building the Temple

2 [a]Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord, and also a royal palace for himself. 2 [b]He enlisted a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the hill country, and 3,600 foremen.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Verse 2:1 is numbered 1:18 in Hebrew text.
  2. 2:2 Verses 2:2-18 are numbered 2:1-17 in Hebrew text.
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