11 while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors[a] of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000[b] cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, (A)as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon drafted (B)forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:11 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  2. 1 Kings 5:11 Septuagint; Hebrew twenty

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