Parallel Verses
Amplified
Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah],
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Holman Bible
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
International Standard Version
Solomon also employed 70,000 heavy-lift workers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country.
A Conservative Version
And Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were hewers 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;
Bible in Basic English
Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;
Darby Translation
And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
Julia Smith Translation
And there will be to Solomon seventy thousand lifting up a burden, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain.
King James 2000
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand quarried stone in the mountains;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Solomon had seventy thousand {common laborers} and eighty thousand stone craftsmen in the hill country.
Modern King James verseion
And Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand woodcutters in the mountains,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bare burdens, and three score and ten thousand that hewed in the mountains
NET Bible
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
New Heart English Bible
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass that, Solomon, had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, - and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain;
Webster
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;
Youngs Literal Translation
And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Solomon drafts men for the building of
Temple » Solomon's » Materials for, furnished by hiram
The First Temple » Solomon » Employed all the strangers in preparing for
Interlinear
'eleph
אלף
'eleph
thousand, eleven hundred , variant, twelve hundred
Usage: 504
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 5:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Wisdom: Architecture
14 He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers. 15 Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah], 16 besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and who were in charge of the people doing the work.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:20-22
As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the sons (descendants) of Israel,
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Then Solomon took a count of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census that his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.
2 Chronicles 8:7-9
All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
Ezra 2:58
All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants totaled 392.
Nehemiah 7:57
The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,
Nehemiah 7:60
All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants, totaled 392.