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1 Kings 5:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Kings 5:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
14 Whom he sent to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by course: they were a month in Lebanon, and two months at home. And (A)Adoniram was over the sum.
15 And Solomon had seventy thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand masons in the mountain,
16 Besides the [a]princes, whom Solomon appointed over the work, even three thousand and three hundred, which ruled the people that wrought in the work.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Or, masters of the work.
1 Kings 5:14-16
New International Version
1 Kings 5:14-16
New International Version
14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram(A) was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(B) who supervised the project and directed the workers.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
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