1 Kings 5:14 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁴ King Solomon chose a man named Adoniram to be the boss. Solomon divided the men into three groups. There were 10,000 men in each group. Each group worked one month in Lebanon and then went home for two months.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And 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 levy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month by divisions; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the levy.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And 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 taskwork.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He sent ten thousand to work in Lebanon each month. Then they would spend two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the work gang.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And he sent them into Lebanon, ten thousand each month, in turns, so that for two months they were in their own houses. And Adoniram was over this type of conscription.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand every month by turns, so that two months they were at home. And Adoniram was over this levy.

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1 Kings 10:1

The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon. So she came to test him with hard questions.

1 Kings 12:18

A man named Adoniram was the boss over all the workers. King Rehoboam sent Adoniram {to talk to the people}. But the people of Israel threw stones at him until he died. Then King Rehoboam ran to his chariot [152] and escaped to Jerusalem.