1 Kings 5:13

New International Version

King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:6

Ahishar—palace administrator; Adoniram son of Abda—in charge of forced labor.

1 Kings 9:15

Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

2 Chronicles 10:4

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2 Chronicles 8:8

Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.