Translations
Modern
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Traditional
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
Literal
And he made of them seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to make the people work.
Latin
Fecitque ex eis septuaginta millia qui humeris onera portarent, et octoginta millia qui lapides in montibus cæderent: tria autem millia et sexcentos præpositos operum populi.
Original
Hebrew
English
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Notes
The book of Kings states that people from the seven nations were forced into labor. No Israelites were forced to work; instead, they supervised the laborers (1 Kings 9:20–23).
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Overseer Solomon (Person) Temple
Topics
Strangers in Israel were Frequently Employed in Public Works Temple: Solomon's: Solomon Drafts Men for the Building of the First Temple: Solomon: Employed all the Strangers in Preparing For