12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him.(A) There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.(B)

Solomon’s Workforce

13 Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel;(C) the labor force numbered thirty thousand men. 14 He sent ten thousand to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

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