Text: 2 Chronicles 2:2
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 5:13-18
Subject: Solomon's conscripted workforce
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler's note that Solomon "assigned 70,000 men as carriers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as overseers" (2 Chr 2:2) parallels the labor force described in 1 Kings 5:13-18. Both texts detail massive conscription for the temple project, though the numerical differences between the accounts likely reflect different stages or categories of the workforce. The scale of labor in both versions underscores the magnitude of the temple project—a construction endeavor requiring the mobilization of the entire nation's resources for God's dwelling place.