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1 Kings 5:13-18
13King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.
14He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers.
15Solomon had 70,000 burden bearers (transporters) and 80,000 stonemasons in the hill country [of Judah],
16besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and who were in charge of the people doing the work.
17The king gave orders, and they quarried great stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house (temple) with cut stones.
18So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal cut and chiseled the stones, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house (temple).
Commentaries on 1 Kings 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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