1 Kings 5:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 4:6-9 : 6 And Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man provided for one month in a year. 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim; 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher; 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife. 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him belonged Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even to the place beyond Jokneam; 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars; 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife; 16 Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin; 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
  • 1 Chr 27:1-9 : 1 Now the children of Israel, according to their number, were the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year; each division had twenty-four thousand. 2 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month. 4 And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and of his division was Mikloth also the ruler; in his division were likewise twenty-four thousand. 5 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15-18
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    79%

    15And Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,

    16besides the chief officers of Solomon who were over the work, three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who worked in the construction.

    17And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonecutters quarried them; so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6-7
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    6And Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

    7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man provided for one month in a year.

  • 2 Chr 2:2
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    2And Solomon selected seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to cut stone in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.

  • 2 Chr 2:16-18
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    16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need, and we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.

    17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, according to the census in which David his father had numbered them; and they were found to be one hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

    18And he appointed seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work.

  • 1 Kgs 9:23
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    23These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people that did the work.

  • 1 Chr 27:1-2
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    1Now the children of Israel, according to their number, were the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year; each division had twenty-four thousand.

    2Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14-15
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    14And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

    15This is the reason for the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 5:9
    68%

    9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will convey them by sea in floats to the place you appoint, and will have them unloaded there, and you shall receive them, and you shall fulfill my desire by providing food for my household.

  • 2 Chr 8:9-10
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    9But of the children of Israel Solomon did not make servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

    10These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
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    6Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants, and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you designate, for you know that there is none among us who can skillfully cut timber like the Sidonians.

  • Num 31:28
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    28And levy a tribute to the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one out of every five hundred, both of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep.

  • 2 Chr 2:8
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    8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skillful to cut timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, stone cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of skillful men for every kind of work.

  • 1 Chr 27:12-15
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    13The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

    14The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

    15The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 2 Chr 25:6
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    6He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
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    27And Hiram sent his servants, seamen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
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    4Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

  • 1 Kgs 4:27
    66%

    27And those officers provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

  • 1 Chr 28:21
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    21And, behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with you for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the leaders and all the people will be wholly at your command.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
    66%

    1And David counted the people who were with him, and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

  • 2 Chr 2:10
    66%

    10And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodcutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

  • 1 Kgs 9:21
    66%

    21Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able to utterly destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of servitude to this day.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
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    2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

  • 2 Sam 20:24
    66%

    24Adoram was in charge of revenue; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

  • 2 Chr 8:15
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    15And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

  • 2 Kgs 12:11
    65%

    11They gave the money, after it had been counted, into the hands of those who did the work and had oversight of the house of the LORD. They paid it to the carpenters and builders, who worked on the house of the LORD,

  • 2 Chr 34:12-13
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    12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all who were skilled in instruments of music.

    13Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that did work in any kind of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
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    2Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

  • 1 Chr 27:26
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    26And over those who did the work of the field for tilling the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub;

  • Num 31:4-5
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    4From every tribe, a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war.

    5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

  • Num 1:3
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    3From twenty years old and above, all who are able to go to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

  • 2 Chr 17:8
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    8And with them he sent Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

  • 1 Chr 23:6
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    6And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
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    1Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was:

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    11And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household, and twenty measures of pure oil; this was given by Solomon to Hiram year by year.