¹⁴ He sent them to Lebanon in cycles—10,000 men per month. They stayed in Lebanon for an entire month, then they were able to return home for two months. Adoniram was the head administrator of the workers.

¹⁵ Solomon enlisted 70,000 men to transport the materials and 80,000 stonecutters to quarry, carve, and dress stone from the mountains. ¹⁶ These numbers do not include Solomon’s 3,300^[a] agents who were head administrators over the project and the workers.