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15 And (A)Solomon had 70,000 [a]who carried loads, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, 16 (B)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the [b]project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17 Then (C)the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:15 Or burden bearers
  2. 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work