John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 5:15

"And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;" — 1 Kings 5:15 (ASV)

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore 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.