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.