1 Kings 5:15
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
In context
13 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
1 Kings 5:15 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
- KJV King James Version
- And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains;