- threescore:
- These were all strangers, or proselytes, dwelling among the Israelites, as we learn from the paralled place in 2Chr. "[And] all¹ the peopleª [that were] leftª° of¹ the Amorites,ª Hittites,ª Perizzites,ª Hivites,ª and Jebusites,ª which¹ [were] not¹ of the childrenª¹ of Israel,ª ... But of the childrenª¹ of Israelª did Solomonª makeª° no¹ bondmen:ª but¹ they¹ [were] men²¹ of war,ª and his servants,ª and his princes,ª and his captains,ª and rulersª of his chariots,ª and his horsemen.ª" {1Kg 9:20-22} + "And Solomonª numberedª° all¹ the strangersª²¹ that¹ [were] in the landª of Israel,ª afterª the numberingª wherewith¹ Davidª his fatherª had numberedª° them; and they were foundª° an hundredª and fiftyª thousandª and threeª thousandª and sixª hundred.ª ... And he setª° threescore and tenª thousandª of¹ them [to be] bearers of burdens,ª and fourscoreª thousandª [to be] hewersª° in the mountain,ª and threeª thousandª and sixª hundredª overseersª° to setª°¹ the peopleª a work.²°" {2Ch 2:17-18} + "[As for] all¹ the peopleª [that were] leftª° of¹ the Hittites,ª and the Amorites,ª and the Perizzites,ª and the Hivites,ª and the Jebusites,ª which¹ [were] not¹ of Israel,ª¹ ... But of¹ the childrenª of Israelª did Solomonª makeª° no¹ servantsª for his work;ª but¹ they¹ [were] men²¹ of war,ª and chiefª of his captains,ª and captainsª of his chariotsª and horsemen.ª" {2Ch 8:7-9} + "All¹ the Nethinims,ª and the childrenª of Solomon'sª servants,ª [were] threeª hundredª ninetyª and two.ª" {Ezr 2:58} + "The childrenª of Solomon'sª servants:ª the childrenª of Sotai,ª the childrenª of Sophereth,ª the childrenª of Perida,ª" {Neh 7:57} + "All¹ the Nethinims,ª and the childrenª of Solomon'sª servants,ª [were] threeª hundredª ninetyª and two.ª" {Neh 7:60}
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