1 Kings 5:26-32

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁶⁽¹²⁾Adonai gave Shlomo wisdom, as he had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Shlomo — the two of them formed an alliance together.

²⁷⁽¹³⁾King Shlomo conscripted 30,000 men from all Isra’el for forced labor. ²⁸⁽¹⁴⁾He sent them to the L’vanon in monthly relays of 10,000; they would stay a month in the L’vanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

²⁹⁽¹⁵⁾Shlomo had 70,000 men to carry loads and another 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, ³⁰⁽¹⁶⁾besides Shlomo’s 3,300 supervisors who were in charge of the people doing the work. ³¹⁽¹⁷⁾The king gave orders; and they quarried large stones, expensive stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stone. ³²⁽¹⁸⁾Shlomo’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the men from G’val, worked the stones and prepared the timber and stones for building the house.

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