1 Kings 5:15
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Now Solomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה
(lish·lo·moh)
8010: David's son and successor to his thronefrom shalem
hadוַיְהִ֧י
(vay·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
70,000שִׁבְעִ֥ים
(shiv·'im)
7657: seventy (a card. number)from sheba
transporters,סַבָּ֑ל
(sab·bal;)
5449: burden bearerfrom sabal
and 80,000וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים
(u·she·mo·nim)
8084: an eightyfrom the same as shemoneh
hewersחֹצֵ֥ב
(cho·tzev)
2672: to hew, hew out, cleavea prim. root
[of stone] in the mountains,בָּהָֽר׃
(ba·har.)
2022: mountain, hill, hill countryof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
And Solomon
Shlomoh  (shel-o-mo')
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor -- Solomon.
had threescore and ten
shib`iym.  (shib-eem')
seventy -- seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
that bare
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
burdens
cabbal  (sab-bawl')
a porter -- (to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
and fourscore
shmoniym  (shem-o-neem')
eighty, also eightieth -- eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
hewers
chatsab  (khaw-tsab')
to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave -- cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
in the mountains
har  (har)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,

King James Bible
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,

International Standard Version
Solomon also employed 70,000 heavy-lift workers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country.

NET Bible
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Solomon had 70,000 men who carried heavy loads, 70,000 who quarried stone in the mountains,

King James 2000 Bible
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand quarried stone in the mountains;
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