1 Kings 5:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Kings 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Alliance with Hiram. Preparation for the Temple. This chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions ( 1 Kings 5:3-5 and 1 Kings 5:12 ). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch:...
1 Kings 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 1 Samuel 8:16 . David employed forced service of...
1 Kings 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. The levy was thirty thousand men - We find from the following verse that only ten thousand were employed at onc...
1 Kings 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 c...
1 Kings 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 Ki...
1 Kings 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 bondm...
1 Kings 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wan...
1 Kings 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Kings 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 pu...
1 Kings 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 sho...
1 Kings 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Gibeoni...
1 Kings 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 thos...
1 Kings 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (vs.1-18) God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him ( 2 Samuel 7:12-13 ), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read now of Solom...
1 Kings 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 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 measure...
1 Kings 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Kings 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ( 2 Chronicles 2:3 ), and by Joseph...
1 Kings 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ad...
1 Kings 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 Hir...
1 Kings 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON AND HIRAM —The somewhat detailed description which we have had in 1 Kings 4:1-11 . of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is followed in 1 Kings 5:1-11 . sqq. by an ac...
1 Kings 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Arrangements Concerning Material
1 Kings 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 4:6 ; 1 Kings 9:15
1 Kings 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

1 Kings 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes