15. Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
16. besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.
17. By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.
18. Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.