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Summary

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Told out threescore

Bible References

Told out threescore

2 Chronicles 2:18
He designated 70,000 as common laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.
1 Kings 5:15
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

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