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Verse 1 Kings 5:13. _THE LEVY WAS THIRTY THOUSAND MEN._] We find from
the following verse that only _ten_ thousand were employed at once,
and those only for one month at a time; and having rested two...
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A LEVY OUT OF ALL ISRAEL - This was, apparently, the first time that
the Israelites had been called upon to perform forced labor, though it
had been prophesied 1 Samuel 8:16. David had bound to forced...
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4. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS DEDICATION
CHAPTER 5 Hiram King of Tyre
_ 1. Hiram sends servants to Solomon (1 Kings 5:1)_
2. The message of Solomon (1 Kings 5:2)
3. Hiram's answer and leag...
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SOLOMON'S ALLIANCE WITH HIRAM. PREPARATION FOR THE TEMPLE. This
chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions (1 Kings 5:3 and 1 Kings
5:12). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch: the one
san...
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LEVY. tribute of men for free labour, not the bond service of 1 Kings
9:21; 1 Kings 9:22. Compare 1 Kings 4:6; 2 Samuel 20:24. Foretold in...
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Solomon's levy of forced labourers for the work on Lebanon (2
Chronicles 2:1-2; 2 Chronicles 2:17-18)
13. _a levy_ The men selected had to give their labour. Such
compulsory service has been a not unu...
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B. THE ORGANIZATION OF LABORERS 5:13-18
TRANSLATION
(13) Then King Solomon raised a levy from all Israel; and the levy was
thirty thousand men. (14) And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a
month i...
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_AND KING SOLOMON RAISED A LEVY OUT OF ALL ISRAEL; AND THE LEVY WAS
THIRTY THOUSAND MEN._
Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, х_ MAC_ (H4522)] - (see the
notes at 1 Kings 4:6, last clause.) The...
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THIRTY THOUSAND MEN] These were probably taken from native Israelites
(cp. the prediction in 1 Samuel 8:11); whereas the 150,000 labourers
mentioned in 1 Kings 5:15 were 'strangers that were in the la...
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SOLOMON'S PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE
1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 14:1. It has been questioned
whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon's twentieth year
(1 Kings 9:10)...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 5
HIRAM ASSISTS SOLOMON
Solomon’s first task as king was the construction of the *temple at
Jerusalem. This would be a splendid building...
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LEVY OUT OF ALL ISRAEL. — This, though far from being onerous,
appears to have been at this time exceptional. For in 1 Kings 9:22 we
read that “of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen:
b...
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_[1 Kings 5:27]_ וַ יַּ֨עַל הַ מֶּ֧לֶךְ
שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה...
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1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT TASK
1 Kings 5:7
It was good for Hiram and his Tyrians to be associated with the
servants of Solomon. Together they hewed immense blocks of stone, some
of which were thirty...
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Solomon turned his attention to building the Temple immediately after
he had set his kingdom in order. The first movement in this direction
was the treaty with Hiram, and sending relays of men to the...
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(10) В¶ So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to
all his desire. (11) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures
of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pur...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5.
Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon,
and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the
whole co...
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AND KING SOLOMON RAISED A LEVY OUT OF ALL ISRAEL,.... Not of money,
but of men, as follows:
AND THE LEVY WAS THIRTY THOUSAND MEN; for what purpose, and how they
were employed, 1 Kings 5:14 shows....
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And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was
thirty thousand men.
Ver. 13. _And king Solomon raised a levy._] Heb., A tribute of men,
perhaps of aliens, or such as the Gibeonite...
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_Solomon raised a levy_ Which were to be employed in the most
honourable and easy parts of the work relating to the temple, in the
manner expressed 1 Kings 5:14; and these were Israelites; but those
o...
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[HIRAMS PROMISE TO SOLOMON.]
1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified of his purpose
to build the Temple, and desired to furnish him with timber thereto.
7 Hiram blessing God for Solomo...
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE
(vs.1-18)
God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him (2 Samuel
7:12), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read
now of Solomon making...
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LEVY:
_ Heb._ tribute of men...
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10-18 The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of
Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon
commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Chris...
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Which were to be employed in the most honourable and easy parts of the
work relating to the temple, in manner expressed, 1 KINGS 5:14. And
these were Israelites; but those 150,000, mentioned 1 KINGS 5...
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1 Kings 5:13 King H4428 Solomon H8010 raised H5927 (H8686) force H4522
Israel H3478 force H4522 thirty H7970 thousan
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CONTENTS: Preparation for building the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: Satan does all he can to hinder the work of God's temple;
but when he is withheld for a time, we should be...
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1 Kings 5:1. _Tyre,_ situate on a strong island, was anciently called
Zor or Zur, Thevenot supposes from Syria. The Arabs still call it Sor.
1 Kings 5:15. _Threescore and ten thousand._ If we add the...
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_Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon _. .. _ to build
the house._
THE CO-OPERATION OF HIRAM
According to tradition, Hiram was a tributary or dependent monarch.
The embassy which Hiram s...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 5:13 SOLOMON DRAFTED FORCED LABOR OUT OF ALL
ISRAEL. 1 Kings 9:15 makes it clear that Solomon did not force
_Israelites_ to work abroad, but only
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NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TYRIAN KING
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 5:1. HIRAM, KING OF TYRE, called _Hirom_ (1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings
5:9), _Huram_ ...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON AND HIRAM—The somewhat detailed description which we have
had in 1 Kings 4:1. of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is
followed in 1 Kings 5:1. sqq. by an account of what, in Jewi...
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So Hiram the king of Tyre when he heard that Solomon was upon the
throne in place of his David: for Hiram was always a great admirer of
David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, and he said, You know how that...
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1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 9:15...
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The levy — Which were to be employed in the most honourable and easy
parts of the work relating to the temple; and these were Israelites;
but those fifteen hundred thousand mentioned 1 Kings 5:15, wer...
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How can this verse claim that Solomon did not make forced laborers of
the Israelites when 1 Kings 5:13 says he did?
PROBLEM: According to 1 Kings 9:22, Solomon did not make forced
laborers of the chil...