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1 Kings 5:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor. "

1 Kings 5:14

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12 The LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

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

14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.

15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,

16 besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.

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2 Chronicles 2:2

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"Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them."

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1 Kings 4:6

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"Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor."

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2 Chronicles 2:18

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"He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work."

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1 Chronicles 26:17

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"Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two."

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2 Samuel 10:6

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"When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men."

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1 Kings 9:15

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"This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer."

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1 Kings 5:1

"Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David."

1 Kings 5:2

"Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,"

1 Kings 5:3

"“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet."

1 Kings 5:4

"But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence."

1 Kings 5:5

"Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’"

1 Kings 5:6

"Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”"

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