And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men Of whom, and the difference of the last number in this text from ( 1 Kings 5:151 Kings 5:16 ) , see the notes there. (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:15). (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:16).
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Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself,
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so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.
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Then Solomon sent [word] to King Hiram of Tyre: [Do for me] what you did for my father David. You sent him cedars to build him a house to live in.
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Now I myself am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God in order to dedicate it to Him for burning sweet incense before Him, for [displaying] the rows [of the bread of the Presence] continuously, and for [sacrificing] burnt offerings for the evening and the morning, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is [ordained] for Israel forever.
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The temple that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than any of the gods.