Naturalisation of Foreigners
Bibical Museum
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel…


I. A GOOD GOVERNMENT WILL TEND TO MAKE A COUNTRY ATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGNERS.

II. FOREIGNERS THUS ATTRACTED ARE AMENABLE TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE.

III. THUS PROTECTED, THEY MAY CONTRIBUTE MATERIALLY TO THE ENRICHMENT OF A STATE BY THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN INDUSTRIES. Silk-weavers of Spitalfields.

V. BE KIND TO STRANGERS.

(Bibical Museum.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.




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