Conscripted Labor for the Building Program

¹³ King Solomon conscripted laborers from throughout Israel. The work force numbered 30,000 men. ¹⁴ He sent 10,000 men to Lebanon in shifts lasting one month. They worked one month in Lebanon for every two months they worked at home. Adoniram was placed in charge of the conscripted labor. ¹⁵ Solomon also employed 70,000 heavy-lift workers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country.