1 Kings 5:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:13 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:15
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kings 4:6
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-18)

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, 1 Kgs. 5:10. The trees were Solomon’s, but perhaps— Materiam superabat opus—The workmanship was of more value than the article. Hiram is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to Hiram the corn which…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel--The renewed notice of Solomon’s divine gift of wisdom (1Ki 5:12) is evidently introduced to prepare for this record of the strong but prudent measures he took towards the accomplishment of his work. So great a stretch of arbitrary power as is implied in this compulsory levy would have raised great discontent, if not opposition, had not his wise arrangem…