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1 Kings 5:12-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 5:12-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him.(A) There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.(B)
Solomon’s Work Force
13 Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel;(C) the labor force numbered 30,000 men. 14 He sent 10,000 to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
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1 Kings 5:12-14
New International Version
1 Kings 5:12-14
New International Version
12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom,(A) just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.(B)
13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(C) 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(D) was in charge of the forced labor.
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