KJV King James Version
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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1 Kings 5:15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
WEB World English Bible
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
ASV American Standard Version
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 5
12 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.
13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14 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.
15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16 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.
17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֧יH1961 · ha.yahto beלִשְׁלֹמֹ֛הH8010 · she.lo.mohSolomonשִׁבְעִ֥יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyאֶ֖לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandנֹשֵׂ֣אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseסַבָּ֑לH5449 · sab.balburdenוּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםH8084 · she.mo.nimeightyאֶ֖לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandחֹצֵ֥בH2672 · cha.tsavto hewבָּהָֽר׃H2022 · harmountain: mount
Cross-references
1 Kings 9:20-22[And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,2 Chronicles 2:17-18And 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 8:7-9[As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,Nehemiah 7:60All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.Nehemiah 7:57The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,Ezra 2:58All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.
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