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1 Kings 5:13-16
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 5:13-16
New American Standard Bible
Conscription of Laborers
13 Now (A)King Solomon [a]conscripted forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men. 14 Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And (B)Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers. 15 Now (C)Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains, 16 (D)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the [b]project and ruled over the people who were doing the work.
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- 1 Kings 5:13 Lit raised up
- 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work
1 Kings 5:13-16
New International Version
1 Kings 5:13-16
New International Version
13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men. 14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram(B) was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(C) who supervised the project and directed the workers.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
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