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1 Kings 5:15-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Kings 5:15-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
15 Now (A)Solomon had 70,000 [a]transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, 16 (B)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the [b]project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17 Then (C)the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
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- 1 Kings 5:15 Or burden bearers
- 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work
1 Kings 5:15-17
New International Version
1 Kings 5:15-17
New International Version
15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(A) who supervised the project and directed the workers. 17 At the king’s command they removed from the quarry(B) large blocks of high-grade stone(C) to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
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