1 Kings 5:13 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 5:13

11 ^aAnd Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and² twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

12 So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, ^aas He had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

13 Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men.

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; ^aAdoniram was in charge of the labor force.

15 ^aSolomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains,

16 besides three thousand¹ three hundred from the ^achiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 5:13

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American Standard Version
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Amplified® Bible
King Solomon raised a levy [of forced labor] out of all Israel; and the levy was 30,000 men.

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

Darby English Version
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Good News Bible
King Solomon drafted 30,000 men as forced labor from all over Israel,

King James Version
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

New American Standard Bible
Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.

New International Version
King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men.

New King James Version
Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.

Revised Standard Version
King Solomon raised a levy of forced labor out of all Israel; and the levy numbered thirty thousand men.

Young's Literal Translation
And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,

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