¹⁵ Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,

¹⁶ as well as thirty-three hundred^[a] foremen^(A) who supervised the project and directed the workers.

¹⁸ He assigned^(A) 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.