Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 5:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Solomon put eighty thousand people to be excavating stones in the mountain and seventy thousand others who would be transporting those stones.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Solomon had 70,000 load carriers and 80,000 stone cutters in the hills.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Solomon had 70,000 men who-were haulers of the materials and 80,000 men who-were hewers of stones in the mountain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Solomon also forced 80,000 men to cut stones in the hilly area and 70,000 men to haul the stones to Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
