Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, New Living Translation Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country, English Standard Version Solomon also had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country, Berean Standard Bible Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, King James Bible And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; New King James Version Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains, New American Standard Bible Now Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains, NASB 1995 Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, NASB 1977 Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, Legacy Standard Bible And Solomon had 70,000 who carried loads, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, Amplified Bible Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah], Christian Standard Bible Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains, Holman Christian Standard Bible Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, American Standard Version And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And there were seventy thousand Porters for Solomon, and eighty thousand who cut stone in the mountain. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain; Contemporary English Version He also had 80,000 workers to cut stone in the hill country of Israel, 70,000 workers to carry the stones, Douay-Rheims Bible And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain: English Revised Version And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; GOD'S WORD® Translation Solomon had 70,000 men who carried heavy loads, 70,000 who quarried stone in the mountains, Good News Translation Solomon also had 80,000 stone cutters in the hill country, with 70,000 men to carry the stones, International Standard Version Solomon also employed 70,000 heavy-lift workers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; Literal Standard Version And King Solomon has seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain, Majority Standard Bible Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, New American Bible Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, NET Bible Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, New Revised Standard Version Solomon also had seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country, New Heart English Bible Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains; Webster's Bible Translation And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains; World English Bible Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, Young's Literal Translation And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Workmen and Laborers…14He 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. 15Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, 16not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.… Cross References Joshua 9:21 They continued, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation." So the leaders kept their promise. 1 Kings 9:20 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)-- 2 Chronicles 2:2 So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors. 2 Chronicles 2:17 Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all. 2 Chronicles 2:18 Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors. Treasury of Scripture And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 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, … 2 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… 2 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, … Jump to Previous Bare Bore Burdens Carriers Country Cutters Eighty Fourscore Hewers Hewing Hill Hills Mountain Mountains Seventy Solomon Stone Stonecutters Ten Thousand Threescore Transport WorkJump to Next Bare Bore Burdens Carriers Country Cutters Eighty Fourscore Hewers Hewing Hill Hills Mountain Mountains Seventy Solomon Stone Stonecutters Ten Thousand Threescore Transport Work1 Kings 5 1. Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber7. Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, furnishes him with trees. 13. The number of Solomon's workmen and laborers Verse 15. - And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains. [These 150,000, destined for the more laborious and menial works, were not Israelites, but Canaanites. We learn from 2 Chronicles 2:17, 18 that "all the strangers that were in the land of Israel" were subjected to forced labour by Solomon - there were, that is to say, but 150,000 of them remaining. They occupied a very different position from that of the 30,000 Hebrews. None of the latter were reduced to bondage (1 Kings 9:22), while the former had long been employed in servile work. The Gibeonites were reduced to serfdom by Joshua (Joshua 9:27), and the rest of the Canaanites as they were conquered (Joshua 6:10; Joshua 17:13; Judges 1:29, 30). In 1 Chronicles 22:2, we find some of them employed on public works by David. By the "hewers" many commentators have supposed that stonecutters alone are intended (so Jos., Ant., 8:02.9) partly because stone is mentioned presently, and partly because חָצַב is mostly used of the quarrying or cutting of stone, as in Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 8:9; 2 Kings 12:12, etc. Gesenius understands the word both of stone and wood cutters. But is it not probable that the latter alone are indicated? That the word is sometimes used of woodcutting Isaiah 10:15 shows. And the words, "in the mountain" (בָּהָר) almost compel us so to understand it here. "The mountain" must be Lebanon. But surely the stone was not transported, to any great extent, like the wood, so great a distance over land and sea, especially when it abounded on the spot. (The tradition that the stone was quarried at Baalbek is quite unworthy of credence. It has no doubt sprung from the huge stones found there. "The temple was built of the beautiful white stone of the country, the hard missal" (Warren, p. 60.) It is true the number of wood cutters would thus appear to be very great, but it is to be remembered how few comparatively were the appliances or machines of those days: almost everything must be done by manual labour. And Pliny tells us that no less than 360,000 men were employed for twenty years on one of the pyramids. It is possible, however, that the huge foundations mentioned below (ver. 17) were brought from Lebanon.] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Solomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה (liš·lō·mōh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne had וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be 70,000 {} שִׁבְעִ֥ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) porters נֹשֵׂ֣א (nō·śê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take and 80,000 {} וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים (ū·šə·mō·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's 8084: Eighty, eightieth stonecutters חֹצֵ֥ב (ḥō·ṣêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave in the mountains, בָּהָֽר׃ (bā·hār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Links 1 Kings 5:15 NIV1 Kings 5:15 NLT 1 Kings 5:15 ESV 1 Kings 5:15 NASB 1 Kings 5:15 KJV 1 Kings 5:15 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 5:15 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 5:15 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 5:15 French Bible 1 Kings 5:15 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 5:15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |