1 Kings 5:13
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Now Kingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְ
(ham·me·lech)
4428: kingfrom an unused word
Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה
(she·lo·moh)
8010: David's son and successor to his thronefrom shalem
leviedוַיַּ֨עַל
(vai·ya·'al)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
forcedמַ֖ס
(mas)
4522: body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdomof uncertain derivation
laborersהַמַּ֔ס
(ham·mas,)
4522: body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdomof uncertain derivation
from allמִכָּל־
(mik·kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
(yis·ra·'el;)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
and the forced laborers 
 
4522: body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdomof uncertain derivation
numberedוַיְהִ֣י
(vay·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
30,000שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים
(she·lo·shim)
7970: thirtyfrom the same as shalosh
men.אִֽישׁ׃
(ish.)
376: manfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
And king
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Solomon
Shlomoh  (shel-o-mo')
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor -- Solomon.
raised
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
a levy
mac  (mas)
a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor -- discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
out of all Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and the levy
mac  (mas)
a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor -- discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
was thirty
shlowshiym  (shel-o-sheem')
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth -- thirty, thirtieth.
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
men
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.

King James Bible
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered 30,000 men.

International Standard Version
King Solomon conscripted laborers from throughout Israel. The work force numbered 30,000 men.

NET Bible
King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
King Solomon forced 30,000 men from all over Israel to work for him.

King James 2000 Bible
And king Solomon raised forced labor out of all Israel; and the forced labor was thirty thousand men.
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