1 Kings 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 5:13-15

13Now 1King Solomon 2levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers 3numbered 30,000 men.

14He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And 4Adoniram was over the forced laborers.

15Now 5Solomon had 70,000 6transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 5:13 1 Kin 4:6; 9:15 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 5:13 Lit raised up ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 5:13 Lit was ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 5:14 1 Kin 4:6; 12:18 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 5:15 1 Kin 9:20-22; 2 Chr 2:17, 18 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 5:15 Or burden bearers ↩

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