◄ 1 Kings 5:13 ►
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Good News Translation
King Solomon drafted 30,000 men as forced labor from all over Israel,

New Revised Standard Version
King Solomon conscripted forced labor out of all Israel; the levy numbered thirty thousand men.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon ordered 30,000 people from all over Israel to cut logs for the temple,

New American Bible
King Solomon raised thirty thousand forced laborers from all Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.

levy [heb] tribute of men

1 Kings 4:6 And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.

the levy

1 Kings 9:15 This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

Context
Solomon's Workmen and Laborers
13And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.14And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand every month, by turns, so that two months they were at home: and Adoniram was over this levy.…
Cross References
1 Kings 4:6
And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.

1 Kings 9:15
This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.

1 Kings 5:12
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