1 Kings 5:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

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  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...
  • 1 Kgs 4:6 : 6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

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  • 1 Kgs 5:14-18
    5 verses
    81%

    14And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

    15Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

    16In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

    17By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

    18Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • 2 Chr 2:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

    17Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.

    18Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

    2And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    77%

    15Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 1 Kgs 9:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21Their children who were still in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not been able to put to complete destruction, them did Solomon put to forced work, to this day.

    22But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.

    23These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.

  • 2 Chr 8:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8Their men who were still living in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not put an end to, these Solomon put to forced work, as is done to this day;

    9But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.

    10Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    73%

    2And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 2 Chr 1:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

    14And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    72%

    1And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    72%

    2And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    72%

    13Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.

  • 1 Kgs 5:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

    12Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    71%

    26And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:5
    71%

    5And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

  • 1 Chr 23:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

    3And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
    71%

    25And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

  • Num 31:28
    71%

    28And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

  • 2 Chr 7:5
    71%

    5King Solomon made an offering of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people kept the feast of the opening of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    70%

    27Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

  • 2 Chr 5:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

    3And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

  • 1 Kgs 4:7
    70%

    7And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    70%

    15Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

  • 2 Chr 5:6
    70%

    6And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there with him, were before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
    70%

    26And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
    70%

    17Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    70%

    1Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 25:6
    69%

    6And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.

  • 2 Chr 9:30
    69%

    30Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
    69%

    23So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    69%

    1And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
    69%

    25Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    69%

    21When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    69%

    7And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    69%

    5And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    69%

    6At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.