1 Kings 5:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹³ Then King Solomon drafted forced labourers from all Israel;  the labour force numbered thirty thousand men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ King Solomon raised a levy [of forced labor] out of all Israel; and the levy was 30,000 men.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Common English Bible

¹³ King Solomon called up a work gang of thirty thousand workers from all over Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And king Solomon chose workers from all of Israel, and the conscription was of thirty thousand men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel: and the levy was of thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:13 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 4:6

Ahishar, in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labour.

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labour  that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces,  the wall of Jerusalem,  and Hazor,  Megiddo,  and Gezer.

2 Chronicles 10:4

‘Your father made our yoke harsh. Therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.’

2 Chronicles 8:8

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those the Israelites had not completely destroyed #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is this way today.