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Temple: Solomon's: Solomon Drafts Men for the Building of

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1 Kings 5:13–16 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. / He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. / Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
2 Chronicles 2:2, 17, 18 So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors. / Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all. / Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.