Context 15Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, 16besides Solomons 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. 18So Solomons builders and Hirams builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; Douay-Rheims Bible And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain: Darby Bible Translation And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains; English Revised Version And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; Webster's Bible Translation And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains; World English Bible Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains; Young's Literal Translation And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain, Library Great Preparations for a Great Work'And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3. Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Promise in 2 Samuel, Chap. vii. Kings Links 1 Kings 5:15 NIV • 1 Kings 5:15 NLT • 1 Kings 5:15 ESV • 1 Kings 5:15 NASB • 1 Kings 5:15 KJV • 1 Kings 5:15 Bible Apps • 1 Kings 5:15 Parallel • Bible Hub |