1 Kings 5:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; ”

1 Kings 5:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That bare burdens ... - Compare the marginal references. These laborers, whose services were continuous, consisted of “strangers” - “the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzite...
1 Kings 5:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Alliance with Hiram. Preparation for the Temple. This chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions ( 1 Kings 5:3-5 and 1 Kings 5:12 ). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch:...
1 Kings 5:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; Threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens - These were all strangers, or proselytes,...
1 Kings 5:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Kings 5:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Preparations for building the Temple 1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5 ; 1 Chronicles 14:1 . It has been questioned whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon's twentieth year ( 1 Ki...
1 Kings 5:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wan...
1 Kings 5:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 5:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Solomon turned his attention to building the Temple immediately after he had set his kingdom in order. The first movement in this direction was the treaty with Hiram, and sending relays of men to the...
1 Kings 5:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) В¶ So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. (11) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pu...
1 Kings 5:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens ,.... Seventy thousand to carry the stones from the mountains out of which they were dug, and which were near Jerusalem, to the city; th...
1 Kings 5:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; Ver. 15. That bare burdens. ] Under which expression are also contained wagoners, mar...
1 Kings 5:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That bare burdens Namely, porters, carters, seamen, and such like. Fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains That is, hewers of stone, for timber was hewed by Hiram's servants in Lebanon. Offic...
1 Kings 5:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (vs.1-18) God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him ( 2 Samuel 7:12-13 ), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read now of Solom...
1 Kings 5:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measure...
1 Kings 5:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either of timber, or rather of stones; for Hiram had taken care of the timber.
1 Kings 5:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TYRIAN KING CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 5:1 . Hiram, king of Tyre , called Hirom ( 1 Kings 5:7 ; 1 Kings 5:9 ), Huram ( 2 Chronicles 2:3 ), and by Joseph...
1 Kings 5:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:1 . Tyre, situate on a strong island, was anciently called Zor or Zur, Thevenot supposes from Syria. The Arabs still call it Sor. 1 Kings 5:15 . Threescore and ten thousand. If we ad...
1 Kings 5:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon . .. to build the house. The co-operation of Hiram According to tradition, Hiram was a tributary or dependent monarch. The embassy which Hir...
1 Kings 5:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON AND HIRAM —The somewhat detailed description which we have had in 1 Kings 4:1-11 . of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is followed in 1 Kings 5:1-11 . sqq. by an ac...
1 Kings 5:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Arrangements Concerning Material
1 Kings 5:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:20-22 ; 2 Chronicles 2:17 ; 2 Chronicles 2:18 ; 2 Chronicles 8:7-9 ; Ezra 2:58 ; Nehemiah 7:57 ; Nehemiah 7:60

1 Kings 5:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 5:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 5:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 5:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 5:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 5:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 5:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 5:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 5:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 5:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 5:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge