1 Kings 5:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ Solomon ·forced [had] eighty thousand men to work in the hill country, cutting stone, and he had seventy thousand ·men to carry the stones [common laborers]. ¹⁶ There were also thirty-three hundred ·men who directed the workers [foremen; overseers]. ¹⁷ King Solomon commanded them to cut large blocks of ·fine [costly; high-quality] stone to ·be used for the foundation of the Temple [lay the foundation of the house with dressed/cut stone].