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1 Kings 5:14-16
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 5:14-16
New American Standard Bible
14 Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And (A)Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers. 15 Now (B)Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains, 16 (C)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the [a]project and ruled over the people who were doing the work.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work
1 Kings 5:14-16
New International Version
1 Kings 5:14-16
New International Version
14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram(A) was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(B) who supervised the project and directed the workers.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
1 Kings 5:14-16
King James Version
1 Kings 5:14-16
King James Version
14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
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