14 He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And (A)Adoniram was over the forced laborers. 15 Now (B)Solomon had 70,000 [a]transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, 16 (C)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the [b]project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:15 Or burden bearers
  2. 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work