14. He sent a shift of 10,000 men to Lebanon for a month. They would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of forced labor.
15. Solomon had 70,000 men who carried heavy loads, 70,000 who quarried stone in the mountains,
16. and 3,300 foremen who were in charge of the workers.
17. The king commanded them to quarry large, expensive blocks of stone in order to provide a foundation of cut stone for the temple.
18. Solomon’s workmen, Hiram’s workmen, and men from Gebal quarried the stone and prepared the logs and stone to build the temple.