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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 2:18

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he set threescore and ten thousand of them, etc.] Which is repeated from (<140202>2 Chronicles 2:2), to show how the above number of strangers were disposed of; 70,000 of them bearers of burdens, 80,000 of them hewers of wood, and 3,600 overseers of the workmen, in all 153,600; an emblem of the Gentiles employed in building the spiritual temple, the church, (<380615>Zechariah 6:15).
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