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1 Kings 5:13
1 Kings 5:13 is verse 13 of 1 Kings chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
King James Version
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
World English Bible
King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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1 Kings 5:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
13 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 4:6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.