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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 5:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 5:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And Solomon [08010] had threescore and ten [07657] thousand [0505] that bare [05375] burdens [05449], and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505] hewers [02672] in the mountains [02022]; |
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King James |
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| That bare burdens ... - Compare the marginal references. These laborers, whose services were continuous, consisted of "strangers" - "the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites" - whom Solomon, following the example of his father Ch1 22:2, condemned to slavery, and employed in this way. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| And Solomon had 70,000 bearers of burdens and 80,000 hewers of stone on the mountains (of Lebanon). חצב is understood by the older translators as referring simply to hewers of stone. This is favoured both by the context, since Kg1 5:18 speaks of stone-mason's work, and also by the usage of the language, inasmuch as חצב is mostly applied to the quarrying and cutting of stones (Deu 6:11; Isa 5:2; Pro 9:1; Kg2 12:13), and only occurs in Isa 10:15 in connection with the cutting of wood. The hewing and preparing of the wood were amply provided for by 30,000 Israelites. That the 150,000 bearers of burdens and hewers of stone were not taken from the Israelites, is evident from the fact that they are distinguished from the latter, or at all events are not described as Israelites. We obtain certainty on this point from the parallel passages, Kg1 9:20-21; Ch2 2:16-17, and Ch2 8:1-9, according to which Solomon pressed the Canaanites who were left in the land to this bond-service. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens - These were all strangers, or proselytes, dwelling among the Israelites; as we learn from the parallel place, Ch2 2:17, Ch2 2:18. |
2 And David [01732] commanded [0559] to gather together [03664] the strangers [01616] that were in the land [0776] of Israel [03478]; and he set [05975] masons [02672] to hew [02672] wrought [01496] stones [068] to build [01129] the house [01004] of God [0430].
1 And it came to pass at the end [07093] of twenty [06242] years [08141], wherein Solomon [08010] had built [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and his own house [01004],
2 That the cities [05892] which Huram [02361] had restored [05414] to Solomon [08010], Solomon [08010] built [01129] them, and caused the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] there.
3 And Solomon [08010] went [03212] to Hamathzobah [02578], and prevailed [02388] against it.
4 And he built [01129] Tadmor [08412] in the wilderness [04057], and all the store [04543] cities [05892], which he built [01129] in Hamath [02574].
5 Also he built [01129] Bethhoron [01032] the upper [05945], and Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], fenced [04692] cities [05892], with walls [02346], gates [01817], and bars [01280];
6 And Baalath [01191], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] that Solomon [08010] had, and all the chariot [07393] cities [05892], and the cities [05892] of the horsemen [06571], and all that Solomon [08010] desired [02836] [02837] to build [01129] in Jerusalem [03389], and in Lebanon [03844], and throughout all the land [0776] of his dominion [04475].
7 As for all the people [05971] that were left [03498] of the Hittites [02850], and the Amorites [0567], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983], which were not of Israel [03478],
8 But of their children [01121], who were left [03498] after [0310] them in the land [0776], whom the children [01121] of Israel [03478] consumed [03615] not, them did Solomon [08010] make to pay [05927] tribute [04522] until this day [03117].
9 But of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did Solomon [08010] make [05414] no servants [05650] for his work [04399]; but they were men [0582] of war [04421], and chief [08269] of his captains [07991], and captains [08269] of his chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571].
16 And we will cut [03772] wood [06086] out of Lebanon [03844], as much as thou shalt need [06878]: and we will bring [0935] it to thee in floats [07513] by sea [03220] to Joppa [03305]; and thou shalt carry it up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389].
17 And Solomon [08010] numbered [05608] all the strangers [0582] [01616] that were in the land [0776] of Israel [03478], after [0310] the numbering [05610] wherewith David [01732] his father [01] had numbered [05608] them; and they were found [04672] an hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] thousand [0505] and three [07969] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967].
20 And all the people [05971] that were left [03498] of the Amorites [0567], Hittites [02850], Perizzites [06522], Hivites [02340], and Jebusites [02983], which were not of the children [01121] of Israel [03478],
21 Their children [01121] that were left [03498] after [0310] them in the land [0776], whom the children [01121] of Israel [03478] also were not able [03201] utterly to destroy [02763], upon those did Solomon [08010] levy [05927] a tribute [04522] of bondservice [05647] unto this day [03117].
15 Shall the axe [01631] boast [06286] itself against him that heweth [02672] therewith? or shall the saw [04883] magnify [01431] itself against him that shaketh [05130] it? as if the rod [07626] should shake [05130] itself against them that lift it up [07311], or as if the staff [04294] should lift up [07311] itself, as if it were no wood [06086].
13 Howbeit there were not made [06213] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] bowls [05592] of silver [03701], snuffers [04212], basons [04219], trumpets [02689], any vessels [03627] of gold [02091], or vessels [03627] of silver [03701], of the money [03701] that was brought [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]:
1 Wisdom [02454] hath builded [01129] her house [01004], she hath hewn out [02672] her seven [07651] pillars [05982]:
2 And he fenced [05823] it, and gathered out the stones [05619] thereof, and planted [05193] it with the choicest vine [08321], and built [01129] a tower [04026] in the midst [08432] of it, and also made [02672] a winepress [03342] therein: and he looked [06960] that it should bring forth [06213] grapes [06025], and it brought forth [06213] wild grapes [0891].
11 And houses [01004] full [04392] of all good [02898] things, which thou filledst [04390] not, and wells [0953] digged [02672], which thou diggedst [02672] not, vineyards [03754] and olive trees [02132], which thou plantedst [05193] not; when thou shalt have eaten [0398] and be full [07646];
18 And Solomon's [08010] builders [01129] and Hiram's [02438] builders [01129] did hew [06458] them, and the stonesquarers [01382]: so they prepared [03559] timber [06086] and stones [068] to build [01129] the house [01004].
18 And he set [06213] threescore and ten [07657] thousand [0505] of them to be bearers of burdens [05449], and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505] to be hewers [02672] in the mountain [02022], and three [07969] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967] overseers [05329] to set [05647] the people [05971] a work [05647].
17 And Solomon [08010] numbered [05608] all the strangers [0582] [01616] that were in the land [0776] of Israel [03478], after [0310] the numbering [05610] wherewith David [01732] his father [01] had numbered [05608] them; and they were found [04672] an hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] thousand [0505] and three [07969] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967].