Translations
Modern
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Traditional
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
Literal
And Solomon selected seventy thousand men as burden bearers, and eighty thousand men as hewers in the hill country, and three thousand and six hundred overseers over them.
Latin
Et numeravit septuaginta millia virorum portantium humeris, et octoginta millia qui cæderent lapides in montibus, præpositosque eorum tria millia sexcentos.
Original
Hebrew
English
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
People
Solomon: Son of David, king of Israel, known for his wisdom
Glossary
Topics
Lebanon: Called: The Mountains Liberality: Solomon Mountains: Abounded With: Forests Temple: Solomon's: Solomon Drafts Men for the Building of the First Temple: Solomon: Employed all the Strangers in Preparing For