1 Kings 5:13-18 - Solomon's Work Force

¹³ King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. 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. ¹⁷ By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone. ¹⁸ Solomon's and Hiram's construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

¹⁷ 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. 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.