And Solomon selected threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to quarry in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Numbered, of the proselytes, ver. 17. (Tirinus)
Hew. The stones were made ready for use, as well as the wood, before it was brought to the temple, 3 Kings vi. 7.
Six. Only three are mentioned 3 Kings v. 16. (Calmet)
But three hundred overseers of higher order are here included. (Tirinus)