1 Kings 5:12-14
Legacy Standard Bible
12 (A)Now Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He [a]promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them cut a covenant.
13 And (B)King Solomon raised up forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers [b]numbered 30,000 men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in [c]shifts; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And (C)Adoniram was over the forced laborers.
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1 Kings 5:12-14
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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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