1 Kings 5:15

1 Kings 5:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
• New International Version (NIV)Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Solomon also had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains,

Context of 1 Kings 5:15

13King Solomon commanded 30,000 men from everywhere in Israel to do the work. 14He sent them to Lebanon in groups of 10,000 men each month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, then they lived at home for two months. Adoniram was the officer who had authority over them. Solomon also had 80,000 men to cut stones in the hills. He had 70,000 men to carry the stones to Jerusalem. 16He also had 3,300 officers who told the workers what they should do. 17The king commanded the workers to cut large pieces of stone from the rocks. They cut the best stones into the right shape to build the foundation of the temple.

1 Kings 5:15 word by word

וַיְהִ֧י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף נֹשֵׂ֣א סַבָּ֑ל וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֹצֵ֥ב בָּהָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• had threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• that bareנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearing(armour)H5375
• burdensסַבָּלsabbâl · burdenH5449
• and fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• hewersחָצַבchâtsab châtsêb · to hewH2672
• in the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022

Cross-references for 1 Kings 5:15

• 1 Kings 9:20Solomon only made people who were not Israelites do the hard work for him. They were Canaanite people who still lived in the land after the Israelites took it for themselves. They were Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
• 2 Chronicles 2:17Solomon counted all the foreign men who were living in Israel, as his father David had done. There were 153,600 foreign men.
• 2 Chronicles 8:7Solomon only made people who were not Israelites do the hard work for him. They were Canaanite people who still lived in the land after the Israelites took it for themselves. They were Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
• Ezra 2:58There were 392 men who were temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants.
• Nehemiah 7:57These were the servants of King Solomon whose descendants returned: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,

Commentaries on 1 Kings 5:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens - These were all strangers, or proselytes, dwelling among the Israelites; as we learn from the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 2:17, 2 Chronicles 2:18.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15That bare burdens … - Compare the marginal references. These laborers, whose services were continuous, consisted of “strangers” - “the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites” - whom Solomon, following the example of his father 1 Chronicles 22:2, condemned to slavery, and employed in this way.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Christ, who is laid for a Foundation, is a chosen and precious Stone. We should lay our foundation firm, and bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men. And happy those who, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18This passage explains Solomon's workforce and how they divided the work. Forced labor was common in the ancient Near East (see study note on 1 Kings 4:6).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 5:15

• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Levy
• Alliance
• Commerce
• Hewer
• Kings, Books of
• Nethinim
• Tax; Taxing
• Temple
• Treaty

Commentaries on 1 Kings 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings