1 Kings 5:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,”

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BSBPD

“Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 5:15 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 19:29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
  2. 2 Samuel 5:11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
  3. 1 Kings 9:20As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
  4. 1 Chronicles 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
  5. 2 Chronicles 2:1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
  6. 2 Chronicles 2:2So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
  7. 2 Chronicles 2:17Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
  8. 2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
  9. Ezra 2:58The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
  10. Nehemiah 7:57The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
  11. Nehemiah 7:60The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
  12. Psalms 45:13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

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