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1 Kings 5:15

Solomon

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.

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.

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BSB
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
KJV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
WEB
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
ASV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
DARBY
And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
BLB
And Solomon had seventy thousand who lift a burden and eighty thousand who hew in the hill country,
ÅB
Salomo hadde sytti tusen bærere og åtti tusen stenhuggere på fjellene,
OTB
Nå hadde Salomo sytti tusen menn som bar lass, og åtti tusen som hugget stein i fjellene,
B1930
Salomo hadde sytti tusen bærere og åtti tusen stenhuggere på fjellene,

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