1 Kings 5:15

5:15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers ¹  and 80,000 stonecutters ²  in the hills,

1 Kings 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ³  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ⁴  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

¹ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

² tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).

³ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

⁵ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).