1 Kings 5:13
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And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.

levy [heb] tribute of men

1 Kings 4:6 And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.

the levy

1 Kings 9:15 This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

Context
Solomon's Workmen and Laborers
13And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.14And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand every month, by turns, so that two months they were at home: and Adoniram was over this levy.…
Cross References
1 Kings 4:6
And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.

1 Kings 9:15
This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.

Lexicon
Then King
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

conscripted
וַיַּ֨עַל (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

a labor force
מַ֖ס (mas)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4522: Body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom

of thirty
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

thousand
אֶ֖לֶף (’e·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

men
אִֽישׁ׃ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

from all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of thirty thousand men from all Israel.And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,
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Alphabetical: all and conscripted forced from Israel King laborers levied men Now numbered Solomon the thirty thousand

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