1 Kings 5:13

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:13 in Other Translations

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

13 King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.

13 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.

13 King Solomon raised a workforce of 30,000 men from all over Israel.

13 Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered 30,000 men.

1 Kings 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 5:13

And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel
Not of money, but of men, as follows:

and the levy was thirty thousand men;
for what purpose, and how they were employed, ( 1 Kings 5:14 ) shows.

1 Kings 5:13 In-Context

11 and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year.

12 The LORD gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men.

14 He 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 was in charge of the forced labor.

15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 49:15; S Leviticus 25:39; 1 Kings 9:15