1 Kings 5:13
1 Kings 5:13-18 The Message (MSG)
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 King James Version (KJV)
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 5:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.
1 Kings 5:13 New Century Version (NCV)
King Solomon forced thirty thousand men of Israel to help in this work.
1 Kings 5:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 5:13 New International Version (NIV)
King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 5:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 5:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.