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.
Cross-reference
In 2 Chronicles 2:2, the same numbers appear as an initial assignment; verse 18 adds that these workers were aliens.
In 2 Chronicles 8:8, these alien laborers are identified as surviving Canaanites, specifying their origin.
In 2 Chronicles 8:10, the chief officers number 250, contrasting with the 3,600 overseers, likely a different leadership tier.
In 2 Chronicles 34:13, during Josiah's temple repairs, similar roles of burden-bearers and overseers appear, showing continuity in temple labor organization.
In 1 Kings 5:15, the same counts of burden-bearers and stonecutters appear, but the 3,600 overseers here are not mentioned there.
In 1 Kings 9:23, the number of chief officers is 550, contrasting with the 3,600 overseers here, likely different tiers of supervision.
In Joshua 9:21, the Gibeonites become woodcutters and water carriers, establishing the precedent of using conquered peoples for labor, echoed here.