1 Kings 5:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Solomon also had sixty thousand who served as porters, and eighty thousand who carved stone in the hill country. ¹⁶ In addition, Solomon had three thousand and three hundred supervisors in charge of the work. They directed the people who did the work. ¹⁷ The king gave orders, and they prepared huge, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with hewn stones.