1Ki 5:13-16 | NET2full | STEP | King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel , 30,000 men in all .

1 Kings 5:13-16

13 King Solomon conscripted ^{▼▼tn Heb “raised up.”} work crews ^{▼▼sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.} from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. 14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of ^{▼▼tn Heb “was over.”} the work crews. 15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers ^{▼▼tn Heb “carriers of loads.”} and 80,000 stonecutters ^{▼▼tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).} in the hills, 16 besides 3,300 officials ^{▼▼tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “3,600”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18 and NLT.} who supervised the workers. ^{▼▼tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”}