King James Version
1 Kings 5:14 in the King James Version says “And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and ...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.”
1 Kings 5:14 · KJV
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. levy: Heb. tribute of men
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“at home”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“was over the levy”
H4522properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e., a tax in the form of forced labor
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