Old Testament1 KingsSolomon’s Labor Force · 5:13–185:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.5:14 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.5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;5:16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.5:18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
