1 Kings 4:26

4:26 Solomon had 4,000 ¹  stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

1 Kings 4:32

4:32 He composed ²  3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

1 Kings 5:15

5:15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers ³  and 80,000 stonecutters ⁴  in the hills,

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “40,000,” but this is probably an inflated number (nevertheless it is followed by KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). Some Greek mss of the OT and the parallel in 2 Chr 9:25 read “4,000” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

² tn Heb “spoke.”

³ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

⁴ tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).