1 Kings 5:13

Solomon’s Labor Force

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

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 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,