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1 Kings 5:14 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 5 · verse 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.1 Kings 5:14 · King James Version
1 Kings 5:14 in context
12And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14And 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.
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16Beside 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- AdoniramʼĂdônîyrâmAdoniram, an IsraeliteH141 →
- LebanonLᵉbânôwnLebanon, a mountain range in PalestineH3844 →
- courseschălîyphâhalternationH2487 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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Here is, I. The performance of the agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to his bargain, Kg1 5:10. The trees were Solomon's, but perhaps - Materiam superabat opus - The workmanship was of more value than the article.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-18