They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend<n id="1" /> the king against his enemies.

His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God&#8217;s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

<p class="bodytext">Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.

He designated<n id="1" /> 70,000 as common laborers,<n id="2" /> 80,000 as stonecutters<n id="3" /> in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.<n id="4" />p>

The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple,<n id="1" /> and its height was 30 feet.<n id="2" /> He plated the inside with pure gold.

He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon received 666 talents<n id="1" /> of gold per year,<n id="2" />

He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them;<n id="1" /> 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.<n id="2" />

Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000<n id="1" /> men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

At that time<n id="1" /> they sacrificed to the <sc>Lordsc> some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep.<n id="2" />

These were their divisions by families:p> <p class="bodytext">There were a thousand officers from Judah.<n id="1" /> Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David&#8217;s spears and shields<n id="1" /> that were kept in God&#8217;s temple.

In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.<n id="1" />

The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it<n id="1" /> back to Samaria.<n id="2" />p>

Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon accumulated<n id="1" /> chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

<v id="(2:1)" /> Solomon had<n id="1" /> 70,000 common laborers<n id="2" /> and 80,000 stonecutters<n id="3" /> in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">He made the most holy place;<n id="1" /> its length was 30 feet,<n id="2" /> corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet.<n id="3" /> He plated it with 600 talents<n id="4" /> of fine gold.

the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),