14. He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month by divisions; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the levy.
15. And Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers and 80,000 hewers [of stone] in the hill country of Judah,
16. Besides Solomon's 3,300 overseers in charge of the people doing the work.
17. The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone.
18. Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and stones to build the house.