Reference for Yevamot 157:11
ודלמא דוגזר בעלמא אלא מהכא (דברי הימים ב ב, טז) ויספר שלמה כל האנשים הגרים אשר בארץ ישראל [וגו'] וימצאו מאה וחמשים אלף [וגו'] ויעש מהם שבעים אלף (נושא) סבל ושמונים אלף חוצב בהר
strangers' — Then they exclaimed: 'There is no nation in existence which one ought to join as much as this one. If [the punishment of] royal princes was so great. how much more that of common people; and if such [was the justice done for] unattached proselytes, how much more so for Israelites A hundred and fifty thousand men immediately joined Israel; as it is said, And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountain.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings V, 29. ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
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