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, dwelling among the Israelites; as we learn from the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 2:17, 2 Chronicles 2:18.
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1 Kings 5:15
15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;