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1 Kings 5:12-16

1 Kings 5:12

And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant. Conscription of Laborers

1 Kings 5:13

Now King Solomon conscripted forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:14

Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers.

1 Kings 5:15

Now Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains,

1 Kings 5:16

besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and ruled over the people who were doing the work.