1 Kings 5:15

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

Complete Jewish Bible:

Shlomo had 70,000 men to carry loads and another 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

Berean Standard Bible:

Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,

American Standard Version:

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And Solomon{H8010} had threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} that bare{H5375} burdens{H5449}, and fourscore{H8084} thousand{H505} hewers{H2672} in the mountains{H2022};

Cross-References (KJV):

1 Kings 9:20

  • [And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

1 Kings 9:22

  • But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

2 Chronicles 2:17

  • And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

2 Chronicles 2:18

  • And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

Ezra 2:58

  • All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.

Nehemiah 7:60

  • All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.

2 Chronicles 8:7

  • [As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,

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Commentary for 1 Kings 5:15

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H8010
    There are 263 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שְׁלֹמֹה
    Transliteration: Shᵉlômôh
    Pronunciation: shel-o-mo'
    Description: from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.
  2. Strong's Number: H7657
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שִׁבְעִים
    Transliteration: shibʻîym
    Pronunciation: shib-eem'
    Description: multiple of שֶׁבַע; seventy; seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).
  3. Strong's Number: H505
    There are 496 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶלֶף
    Transliteration: ʼeleph
    Pronunciation: eh'-lef
    Description: prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
  4. Strong's Number: H5375
    There are 611 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָשָׂא
    Transliteration: nâsâʼ
    Pronunciation: naw-saw'
    Description: or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
  5. Strong's Number: H5449
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סַבָּל
    Transliteration: çabbâl
    Pronunciation: sab-bawl'
    Description: from סָבַל; a porter; (to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
  6. Strong's Number: H8084
    There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים
    Transliteration: shᵉmônîym
    Pronunciation: shem-o-neem'
    Description: or שְׁמוֹנִים; multiple from שְׁמֹנֶה; eighty, also eightieth; eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
  7. Strong's Number: H2672
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָצַב
    Transliteration: châtsab
    Pronunciation: khaw-tsab'
    Description: or חָצֵב; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave; cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
  8. Strong's Number: H2022
    There are 485 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הַר
    Transliteration: har
    Pronunciation: har
    Description: a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.