1 Kings 5:15
World English Bible (WEB)
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
In context
13 King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
16 besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
17 The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
1 Kings 5:15 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
- KJV King James Version
- And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters 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;