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Solomon's Temple and Palace
A levy of thirty thousand in three shifts, seventy thousand bearers, eighty thousand cutters, and a supervisory corps the two accounts number differently. Seven years for one building and thirteen for the other. The richest quantitative passage in the text.
Reference: 1 Kings 5:13–7:51 · 2 Chronicles 2–4
The two accounts give different numbers of chief officers — 3,300 in Kings, 3,600 in Chronicles. Both are printed here and neither is reconciled.