Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;
New American Standard Bible
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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;
Amplified
Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah],
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 And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them. 15 Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains; 16 In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:20-22
As for the rest of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not children of Israel;
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.
2 Chronicles 8:7-9
As for all the rest of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel:
Ezra 2:58
All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.
Nehemiah 7:57
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Nehemiah 7:60
All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.