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And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the LORD and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer Verse ConceptsConscriptionHard LaborBuilding Jerusalem's WallForced LabourRebuilding Jerusalem

their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction--these Solomon drafted to be slaves, and so they are to this day. Verse ConceptsForced LabourRelationships To This Day

King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men. Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpForced Labour

And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageChainsTaxationFine As Penalty

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. Verse ConceptsTaxationTributesTaxValuation Of PeopleTax To Be Paid

Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year. Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveGovernorsSolomon, Life OfStoringYearsDerisionOne MonthPeople ProvidingTwelve Beings

He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. Verse ConceptsTithing For People

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