King James Version
"And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;"
— 1 Kings 5:15, King James Version
“And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; ”
“Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;”
“Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,”
“And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:”
“Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;”
“And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;”
And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.