1 Kings 5:15
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 month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 9:20–22
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
Read in context2 Chronicles 2:17–18
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Read in contextEzra 2:58
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
Read in contextNehemiah 7:60
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:7–9
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
Read in contextNehemiah 7:57
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
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