Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 5:13
And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, he drafted a number of Israelites, members of the nation, for this work; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, he drafted a number of Israelites, members of the nation, for this work; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
_[1 Kings 5:27]_ וַ יַּ֨עַל הַ מֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה...
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
[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...
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...
LEVY: _ Heb._ tribute of men...
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...
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...
1 Kings 5:13 King H4428 Solomon H8010 raised H5927 (H8686) force H4522 Israel H3478 force H4522 thirty H7970 thousan
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...
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...
_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...
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
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_ ...
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...
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...
1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 9:15...
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...
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...