16 ^aAnd we will cut wood from Lebanon, as much as you need; we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to¹ Joppa, and you will carry it up to Jerusalem.  ‡

17 ^aThen Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which ^bDavid his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.  ‡