1 Kings 5:27

11 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

And the king raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And the king raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And HaMelech Sh'lomo conscripted mas (forced labor) out of kol Yisroel; and the mas was thirty thousand ish.

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Croatian Bible

Tada diže kralj Salomon kulučare iz svega Izraela; kulučara je bilo u svemu trideset tisuća ljudi.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et le roi Salomon fit une levée sur tout Israël, et la levée fut de 30 000 hommes.

German Textbibel

Und der König Salomo hob von ganz Israel Fronarbeiter aus, und es beliefen sich die Fronarbeiter auf 30000 Mann.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς φόρον ἐκ παντὸς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἦν ὁ φόρος τριάκοντα χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς φόρον ἐκ παντὸς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἦν ὁ φόρος τριάκοντα χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיַּ֨עַל הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מַ֖ס מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י הַמַּ֔ס שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

Mashi Bible

Salomoni alâlika bene Israheli boshi: barhengamwo bantu bihumbi makumi asharhu.

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיַּ֨עַל הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מַ֖ס מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י הַמַּ֔ס שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

Attribution

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 560 BC–540 BC Jeremiah
Traditionally Jeremiah, writing as the exile began.
Critical: 620 BC–550 BC Deuteronomistic historians
A first edition under Josiah, revised after the fall of Jerusalem.

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Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (620 BC–540 BC).

1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
624 BC–546 BC Greek philosophy begins at Miletus Greece
Thales sought natural rather than mythic explanations, the beginning of Greek science.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.
600 BC–500 BC Daoism takes shape in China China
The teaching associated with Laozi, emphasising harmony with the natural order.
599 BC–527 BC Mahavira and the rise of Jainism India
A contemporary of the Buddha whose teaching centred on non-violence toward every living thing.

1 Kings 5:27

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Croatian Bible ☆

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

German Textbibel ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

Mashi Bible ☆

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆