Bible verse
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
1 Kings 5:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 5.
9 My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
10 So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
11 and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
13 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
KJV
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
ASV
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
ERV
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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