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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Barnes' Notes
On the numbers, see the 1Ki 5:16 note. To set the people a work - Or, “to set the people to work” - i. e., to compel them to labor. Probably, like the Egyptian and Assyrian overseers of forced labor,…
Here we have, I. The return which Huram made to Solomon's embassy, in which he shows a great respect for Solomon and a readiness to serve him. Meaner people may learn of these great ones to be…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
three thousand and six hundred overseers In 1Ki 5:16, three thousand and three hundred. Threein Hebrew (which may be represented in English by the letters SLS) is easily corrupted into six(SS in…