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

13Now King Solomon conscripted forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men. 14Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers. Now Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains, 16besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17Then the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

1 Kings 5:15 word by word

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

• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• hadהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• portersסַבָּלsabbâl · burdenH5449
• portersנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearing(armour)H5375
• and eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• stonemasonsחָצַבchâtsab châtsêb · to hewH2672
• in the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022

Cross-references for 1 Kings 5:15

• 1 Kings 9:20As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,
• 2 Chronicles 2:17Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.
• 2 Chronicles 8:7All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
• Ezra 2:58All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants totaled 392.
• Nehemiah 7:57The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of 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