¹⁵ Solomon enlisted 70,000 men to transport the materials and 80,000 stonecutters to quarry, carve, and dress stone from the mountains. ¹⁶ These numbers do not include Solomon’s 3,300^[a] agents who were head administrators over the project and the workers. ¹⁷ The king gave instructions, and the workers laid the giant, expensive stones to form the foundation of the temple.