14. He sent 10,000 to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15. Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16. not including his 3,300 deputies in charge of the work. They ruled over the people doing the work.
17. The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18. So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.