numbered: 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 8:7-8; 1 Kings 5:13-16, 1 Kings 9:20-21
the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
after the numbering: 1 Chronicles 22:2
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2 Chronicles 2:17
2 Chronicles 2:17
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