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Solomon Assembles the Labor and Materials for the Temple(A)

[a]Solomon gave orders to begin building the temple for Yahweh’s name and a royal palace for himself.

Solomon drafted 70,000 men to carry heavy loads, 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains, and 3,600 foremen.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:1 2 Chronicles 2:1–18 in English Bibles is 2 Chronicles 1:18–2:17 in the Hebrew Bible.

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