Parallel Verses
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
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 appointed Adoniram to be in charge of them. He divided them into three groups of ten thousand men. Each group spent one month in Lebanon and two months back home.
15 Now
Cross References
1 Kings 9:20-22
Solomon used the descendants of the people of Canaan whom the Israelites had not killed when they took possession of their land as his forced labor. These included Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
2 Chronicles 2:17-18
Solomon counted all the men who were foreigners in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them. Solomon counted one hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred foreigners.
2 Chronicles 8:7-9
The Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had been left in the land because the Israelites had not been able to destroy them. They were not Israelites.
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.