Chapter 2

Chronicles says Solomon also built himself a house during this time.  There were 80,000 quarrying, 70,000 bearing burdens, and 3900 overseers.

In Chronicles, Solomon requests skilled workmen in gold, silver, iron, and so on, and in return Solomon provides food for Hiram's workers.  Maybe that is what 1 Kings meant by Hiram's house.  Hiram sends a skilled man - Huram-Abi.  Apparently this man was skilled in all the intricacies of working gold, wood, and fabric of all kinds.  Son of a woman of Dan and a man of Tyre.

The laborers who built the Temple were identified from a census that David had done.  These were the "resident aliens" in Israel.  They could live there, but when slave labor was needed for 7 years, they were put into service, like it or not.  Verse 18 says the 3600 Overseers were there to "make the people work".