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Thematic Bible



This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. Verse ConceptsConscriptionHard LaborBuilding Jerusalem's WallForced LabourRebuilding Jerusalem

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day. Verse ConceptsForced LabourRelationships To This Day

King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpForced Labour

Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageChainsTaxationFine As Penalty

Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh. 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 a month in the year. Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveGovernorsSolomon, Life OfStoringYearsDerisionOne MonthPeople ProvidingTwelve Beings

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