1 Kings 5:15

And it came to pass that, Solomon, had seventy thousand bearers of burdens,—and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by courses, a month, were they in Lebanon, two months, at home,—and, Adoniram, was over the levy.

16besides the chiefs of Solomon’s officers, who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred,—who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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Cross References

Joshua 19:29and the boundary turneth to Ramah, and as far as the city of the fortress of Tyre,—then the boundary turneth to Hosah, and so the extensions thereof are, on the west, from Hebel to Achzib;

1 Kings 9:20All the people that were left, of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were, not of the sons of Israel;

2 Chronicles 2:1Then Solomon gave word to build a house for the Name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 2:17So Solomon numbered all the men that were sojourners, who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering, wherewith David his father had numbered them,—and they were found to be—a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.

Ezra 2:58All the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon, were three hundred and ninety-two.

Nehemiah 7:60All the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon, were three hundred, and ninety-two.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:11-18

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a… Read the whole commentary →

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