1 Kings 5:13

World English Bible (2000)

King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
  • 1 Kgs 4:6 : 6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.

    15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;

    16 besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.

    17 The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

    18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

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

    16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem."

    17 Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.

    18 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

    2 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    77%

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

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

    21 their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.

    22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

    23 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.

  • 2 Chr 8:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8 of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.

    9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

    10 These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    73%

    2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].

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

    13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

    14 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    72%

    1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    72%

    2 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    72%

    13 King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

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

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

    12 Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a treaty together.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    71%

    26 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:5
    71%

    5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

  • 1 Chr 23:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

    3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
    71%

    25 Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • Num 31:28
    71%

    28 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:

  • 2 Chr 7:5
    71%

    5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    70%

    27 Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 5:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.

    3 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.

  • 1 Kgs 4:7
    70%

    7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    70%

    15 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

  • 2 Chr 5:6
    70%

    6 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
    70%

    26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
    70%

    17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    70%

    1 King Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 25:6
    69%

    6 He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

  • 2 Chr 9:30
    69%

    30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
    69%

    23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    69%

    1 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
    69%

    25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    69%

    21 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    69%

    7 It happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, "Blessed is Yahweh this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people."

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    69%

    5 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    69%

    6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.