15Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,


In Context

12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel-thirty thousand men.

14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,

16 as well as thirty-three hundred foremen who supervised the project and directed the workmen.

17 At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

1st Kings 5:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;