And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. (2 Chronicles 2:17)
Non-Israelites. This group doubtless consisted mainly of the descendants of the early Canaanite tribes who were not driven out by Israel (see Judges 1:21-36; 1 Kings 9:20, 21).
Numbered them.
Probably the census alluded to in 1 Chron. 22:2 is here referred to. The native inhabitants were reduced to bond service at the time of the conquest (see on Judges 1:28, 30, 33, 35; cf. Joshua 9:27).
This section of Chronicles is parallel to 1 Kings 5:13-18, but with several variations. Nothing is said in Chronicles of the first levy of 30,000 men, of whom 10,000 served each month (1 Kings 5:13, 14). The total of 153,600 strangers is recorded, a detail not mentioned in Kings.