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1 Kings 5:15
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KJ21
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand who bore burdens and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains,
ASV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
AMP
Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah],
AMPC
And Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers and 80,000 hewers [of stone] in the hill country of Judah,
BRG
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
CSB
Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,
CSBA
Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,
CEB
Solomon had 70,000 laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the highlands.
CJB
Hiram king of Tzor sent his servants to Shlomo, because he had heard that they had anointed him king in his father’s place, and Hiram had always loved David.
CEV
He also had 80,000 workers to cut stone in the hill country of Israel, 70,000 workers to carry the stones,
DARBY
And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
DRA
And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:
ERV
Solomon also forced 80,000 men to work in the hill country cutting stone. There were also 70,000 men to carry the stones.
EASY
Solomon also had 80,000 men to cut stones in the hills. He had 70,000 men to carry the stones to Jerusalem.
EHV
Solomon had seventy thousand men to transport materials and eighty thousand men to quarry stones in the mountains,
ESV
Solomon also had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,
ESVUK
Solomon also had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,
EXB
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].
GNV
And Solomon had seventy thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand masons in the mountain,
GW
Solomon had 70,000 men who carried heavy loads, 70,000 who quarried stone in the mountains,
GNT
Solomon also had 80,000 stone cutters in the hill country, with 70,000 men to carry the stones,
HCSB
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
ICB
Solomon forced 80,000 men to work in the hill country, cutting stone. And he had 70,000 men to carry the stones.
ISV
Solomon also employed 70,000 heavy-lift workers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country.
JUB
And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains;
KJV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
AKJV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
LSB
And Solomon had 70,000 who carried loads, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,
LEB
Solomon had seventy thousand common laborers and eighty thousand stone craftsmen in the hill country.
TLB
Solomon also had seventy thousand additional laborers, eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,
MSG
King Solomon raised a workforce of thirty thousand men from all over Israel. He sent them in shifts of ten thousand each month to the Lebanon forest; they would work a month in Lebanon and then be at home two months. Adoniram was in charge of the work crew. Solomon also had seventy thousand unskilled workers and another eighty thousand stonecutters up in the hills—plus thirty-three hundred foremen managing the project and supervising the work crews. Following the king’s orders, they quarried huge blocks of the best stone—dressed stone for the foundation of The Temple. Solomon and Hiram’s construction workers, assisted by the men of Gebal, cut and prepared the timber and stone for building The Temple.
MEV
Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,
NOG
Solomon had 70,000 men who carried heavy loads, 70,000 who quarried stone in the mountains,
NABRE
When Hiram, king of Tyre, heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, he sent an embassy to him; for Hiram had always been David’s friend.
NASB
Now Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains,
NASB1995
Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,
NCB
Solomon also had sixty thousand who served as porters, and eighty thousand who carved stone in the hill country.
NCV
Solomon forced eighty thousand men to work in the hill country, cutting stone, and he had seventy thousand men to carry the stones.
NET
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
NIRV
Solomon had 70,000 people who carried things. He had 80,000 who cut stones in the hills.
NIV
Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,
NIVUK
Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,
NKJV
Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains,
NLV
Now Solomon had 70,000 men to carry loads, and 80,000 stone cutters in the mountains.
NLT
Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country,
NRSVA
Solomon also had seventy thousand labourers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,
NRSVACE
Solomon also had seventy thousand labourers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,
NRSVCE
Solomon also had seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,
NRSVUE
Solomon also had seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,
OJB
And Chiram Melech Tzor sent his avadim unto Sh’lomo; for he had heard that they had anointed him Melech in the place of his av; for Chiram was ever an ohev (friend) of Dovid.
RGT
And Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand masons on the mountain
RSV
Solomon also had seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the hill country,
RSVCE
Solomon also had seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the hill country,
TLV
Then King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram was always a friend of David.
VOICE
Solomon enlisted 70,000 men to transport the materials and 80,000 stonecutters to quarry, carve, and dress stone from the mountains.
WEB
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
WYC
And so seventy thousand of them, that bare burdens, were to Solomon, and fourscore thousand of masons in the hill(s), (And so working for Solomon were seventy thousand men who carried loads, and fourscore thousand stonemasons in the hills,)
YLT
And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,
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