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1 Kings 5:13

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

1 Kings 5:13 - Amplified Bible

King Solomon raised a levy [of forced labor] out of all Israel; and the levy was 30,000 men.

1 Kings 5:13 - American Standard Version

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

1 Kings 5:13 - Bible in Basic English

Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

1 Kings 5:13 - Darby Bible

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

1 Kings 5:13 - English Standard Version

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

1 Kings 5:13 - King James Version

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

1 Kings 5:13 - La Biblia de las Americas

El rey Salomòn impuso una leva a todo Israel, y la leva fue de treinta mil hombres.

1 Kings 5:13 - The Message

King Solomon raised a workforce of thirty thousand men from all over Israel. He sent them in shifts of ten thousand each month to the Lebanon forest; they would work a month in Lebanon and then be at home two months. Adoniram was in charge of the work crew. Solomon also had seventy thousand unskilled workers and another eighty thousand stonecutters up in the hills—plus thirty-three hundred foremen managing the project and supervising the work crews. Following the king’s orders, they quarried huge blocks of the best stone—dressed stone for the foundation of The Temple. Solomon and Hiram’s construction workers, assisted by the men of Gebal, cut and prepared the timber and stone for building The Temple.

1 Kings 5:13 - New American Standard Bible

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

1 Kings 5:13 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

El rey Salomòn impuso una leva (trabajo forzado) a todo Israel, y la leva fue de 30,000 hombres.

1 Kings 5:13 - World English Bible

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

1 Kings 5:13 - Young's Living Translation

And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,

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