1 Kings 5:13-15

New King James Version

¹³Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. ¹⁴And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; ^(A)Adoniram was in charge of the labor force. ¹⁵^(B)Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains,

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1 Kings 5:13-15

New International Version

¹³King Solomon conscripted laborers^(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men. ¹⁴He 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. ¹⁵Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,

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1 Kings 5:13-15

English Standard Version

¹³King Solomon drafted ^(A)forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men. ¹⁴And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. ^(B)Adoniram was in charge of the draft. ¹⁵Solomon also ^(C)had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,