1 Kings 5:13
“¶ And King Solomon raised a leuie out of all Israel, and the leuie was thirtie thousand men.”
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1 Kings 5:13 Context
11And Solomon gaue Hiram twentie thousand measures of wheate for food to his houshold, and twentie measures of pure oile: thus gaue Solomon to Hiram yeere by yeere. 12And the Lord gaue Solomon wisedome, as hee promised him: and there was peace betweene Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together. 13¶ And King Solomon raised a leuie out of all Israel, and the leuie was thirtie thousand men. 14And hee sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a moneth by courses: a moneth they were in Lebanon, and two moneths at home: and Adoniram was ouer the leuie. 15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand hewers in the mountaines:
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And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
- King James Version
Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.
- New American Standard Version (1995)