1 Kings 5:15

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

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ³  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

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 ⁴  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[5:15]  ² tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).

[6:1]  ³ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[12:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”