Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
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;
Amplified
Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah],
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
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 in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews. 15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, 16 besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:20-22
Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.
2 Chronicles 8:7-9
Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Ezra 2:58
All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.
Nehemiah 7:57
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
Nehemiah 7:60
All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.