1 Kings 5:15-17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵ He also had eighty thousand workers to cut stone in the hill country of Israel, seventy thousand workers to carry the stones, ¹⁶ and over three thousand assistants to keep track of the work and to supervise the workers. ¹⁷ He ordered the workers to cut and shape large blocks of good stone for the foundation of the temple.