Lièwángjìshang 5:15

15 Suǒluómén yòng qī wàn káng tái de , bā wàn zaì shān shàng zaó shítou de .

Lièwángjìshang 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 5:15

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,
&c.] Seventy thousand to carry the stones from the mountains out of which they were dug, and which were near Jerusalem, to the city; these were strangers in Israel, as were those that follow:

and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains:
eighty thousand that dug the stones out of the quarries, and squared them; these, with the others, made 150,000, see ( 2 Chronicles 2:17 ) ; according to Jacob Leon ^F7, the number of workmen at the temple for seven years was 163,600, and some make them more.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, ch. 3. p. 14.

Lièwángjìshang 5:15 In-Context

13 Suǒluómén wáng cóng Yǐsèliè rén zhōng tiāo qǔ fú kǔ de rén gòng yǒu sān wàn ,

14 Paì tāmen lún liú mĕi yuè yī wàn rén shàng Lìbānèn qù . yī gè yuè zaì Lìbānèn , liǎng gè yuè zaì jiā lǐ . yà duō ní lán zhǎng guǎn tāmen .

15 Suǒluómén yòng qī wàn káng tái de , bā wàn zaì shān shàng zaó shítou de .

16 Cǐ waì , Suǒluómén yòng sān qiā sān bǎi dū gōng de , jiān guǎn gōngrén .

17 Wáng xià líng , rén jiù zaó chū yòu dà yòu bǎoguì de shítou lái , yòng yǐ lì diàn de gēnjī .