1 Kings 5:15
“And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand hewers in the mountaines:”
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1 Kings 5:15 Context
13¶ And King Solomon raised a leuie out of all Israel, and the leuie was thirtie thousand men. 14And hee sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a moneth by courses: a moneth they were in Lebanon, and two moneths at home: and Adoniram was ouer the leuie. 15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand hewers in the mountaines: 16Besides the chiefe of Solomons officers which were ouer the worke, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled ouer the people that wrought in the worke. 17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
- King James Version
Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers {of stone} in the mountains,
- New American Standard Version (1995)