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Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
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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Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
2
Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3
Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you did deal with David my father, and did send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].
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Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
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The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.