1 Raja-raja 5:15

5:15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers ¹  and 80,000 stonecutters ²  in the hills,

1 Raja-raja 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ³  along with men from Byblos, ⁴  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁵ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[5:15]  ² tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).

[5:18]  ³ tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ⁵ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”