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1 Kings 5:14

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Kings 5:14

Verse 14 of 18

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 5:14

Theological / Devotional

A month. This arrangement of only one month of service in three must have made this system of forced labor much less obnoxious than would otherwise have been the case. This type of labor was not looked upon as bond service of the type that was levied upon strangers, for “of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen” (1 Kings 9:22). But it was nevertheless highly distasteful and was one of the chief causes of discontent at the close of Solomon’s reign (1 Kings 12:4).

Adoniram. One of the chief officers of the state (see on ch. 4:6).

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