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Thematic Bible



And this is the matter of the tribute that king Solomon hath lifted up, to build the house of Jehovah, 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 sons who are left behind them in the land, whom the sons of Israel have not been able to devote -- he hath even lifted up on them a tribute of service unto this day. Verse ConceptsForced LabourRelationships To This Day

And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men, Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpForced Labour

and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land -- a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageChainsTaxationFine As Penalty

And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh. Verse ConceptsTaxationTributesTaxValuation Of PeopleTax To Be Paid

And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household -- a month in the year is on each one for sustenance; Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveGovernorsSolomon, Life OfStoringYearsDerisionOne MonthPeople ProvidingTwelve Beings

And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants. Verse ConceptsTithing For People