¹⁵ Solomon had seventy thousand men to transport materials and eighty thousand men to quarry stones in the mountains, ¹⁶ not counting the officials who were overseeing the work for Solomon. There were thirty-three hundred men supervising the people who were doing the work. ¹⁷ The king gave a command, and they quarried large, high-quality stones to serve as a foundation for the temple building, which was made of trimmed stones.