15 Solomon also had 80,000 stone cutters in the hill country, with 70,000 men to carry the stones,
16 and he placed 3,300 foremen in charge of them to supervise their work.
17 At King Solomon's command they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.
18 Solomon's and Hiram's workers and men from the city of Byblos prepared the stones and the timber to build the Temple.