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1 Kings 5:15

King James Version (KJV)

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And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

1 Kings 5:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 5:15

Theological / Devotional

Bare burdens. These laborers were not Israelites but strangers (2 Chron. 2:17, 18), such as were appointed by David to “hew wrought stones” (1 Chron. 22:2). They were true bond servants, or slaves, and gave continuous service in such fields of heavy labor as the bearing of burdens or the hewing of stones.

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