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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
1 Kings 5:15-17
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 5:15-17
New American Standard Bible
15 Now (A)Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains, 16 (B)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the [a]project and ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17 Then (C)the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work
1 Kings 5:15-17
New King James Version
1 Kings 5:15-17
New King James Version
15 (A)Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains, 16 besides three thousand [a]three hundred from the (B)chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work. 17 And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and (C)hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the [b]temple.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX six hundred
- 1 Kings 5:17 Lit. house
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