NET Bible
"Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,"
— 1 Kings 5:15, NET Bible
“And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;”
“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;”
“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;”
So the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.
King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.
He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews.
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.
By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.
Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.