15. Solomon also had 80,000 men in the hill country quarrying stone, with 70,000 men to carry it,
16. and he placed 3,300 foremen in charge of them to supervise their work.
17. At King Solomon's command they quarried fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.
18. Solomon's and Hiram's workmen and men from the city of Byblos prepared the stones and the timber to build the Temple.