Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men. New Living Translation Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. English Standard Version King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men. Berean Standard Bible Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. King James Bible And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. New King James Version Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. New American Standard Bible Now King Solomon conscripted forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men. NASB 1995 Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. NASB 1977 Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. Legacy Standard Bible And King Solomon raised up forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. Amplified Bible King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. Christian Standard Bible Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered thirty thousand men. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered 30,000 men. American Standard Version And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And King Solomon raised up taxes from all Israel, and the taxes were thirty thousand men. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the king raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men. Contemporary English Version Solomon ordered 30,000 people from all over Israel to cut logs for the temple, Douay-Rheims Bible And king Solomon chose workmen cut of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men. English Revised Version And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. GOD'S WORD® Translation King Solomon forced 30,000 men from all over Israel to work for him. Good News Translation King Solomon drafted 30,000 men as forced labor from all over Israel, International Standard Version King Solomon conscripted laborers from throughout Israel. The work force numbered 30,000 men. JPS Tanakh 1917 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. Literal Standard Version And King Solomon lifts up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men, Majority Standard Bible Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. New American Bible King Solomon raised thirty thousand forced laborers from all Israel. NET Bible King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. New Revised Standard Version King Solomon conscripted forced labor out of all Israel; the levy numbered thirty thousand men. New Heart English Bible King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. Webster's Bible Translation And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. World English Bible King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. Young's Literal Translation And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Workmen and Laborers13Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. 14He 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.… Cross References 1 Kings 4:6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. 1 Kings 9:15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 2 Chronicles 10:4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father's service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." Treasury of Scripture And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. levy [heb] tribute of men 1 Kings 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. the levy 1 Kings 9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. Jump to Previous Conscripted Forced Israel Labor Levy Numbered Raised Solomon Thirty Thousand Together Tribute WorkJump to Next Conscripted Forced Israel Labor Levy Numbered Raised Solomon Thirty Thousand Together Tribute Work1 Kings 5 1. Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber7. Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, furnishes him with trees. 13. The number of Solomon's workmen and laborers (13) Levy out of all Israel.--This, though far from being onerous, appears to have been at this time exceptional. For in 1Kings 9:22 we read that "of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains." Thus exceptionally introduced at first for the special service of God, it may have been the beginning of what was hereafter an oppressive despotism over the Israelites themselves. Probably even now the Israelite labourers were (under the chief officers) put in authority over the great mass of 150,000 bondmen, evidently drawn from the native races. (See 2Chronicles 2:17.) But the whole description suggests to us--what the history of Exodus, the monuments of Egypt, and the description by Herodotus of the building of the Pyramids confirm--the vast sacrifice of human labour and life, at which (in the absence of machinery to spare labour) the great monuments of ancient splendour were reared.Verse 13. - And King Solomon raised a levy [Marg., tribute of men, i.e., conscription] out of all Israel [i.e., the people, not the land - Ewald] and the levy was thirty thousand men. [That is, if we may trust the figures of the census given in 2 Samuel 24:9 (which do not agree, however, with those of 1 Chronicles 21:5), the conscription only affected one in forty of the male population. But even the lower estimate of Samuel is regarded with some suspicion. Such a levy was predicted (1 Samuel 8:16). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Kingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king Solomon שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne conscripted וַיַּ֨עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively a labor force מַ֖ס (mas) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4522: Body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom of thirty שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth thousand אֶ֖לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular Strong's 505: A thousand men אִֽישׁ׃ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person from all מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links 1 Kings 5:13 NIV1 Kings 5:13 NLT 1 Kings 5:13 ESV 1 Kings 5:13 NASB 1 Kings 5:13 KJV 1 Kings 5:13 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 5:13 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 5:13 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 5:13 French Bible 1 Kings 5:13 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 5:13 King Solomon raised a levy out (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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