”Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force.“
I Kings 5:13-14 NKJV
a. The labor force was thirty thousand men: This huge labor force shows the temple could only be built when Israel could afford the manpower and the materials. It could only be built under the peace and prosperity won by David and enjoyed by Solomon.
b. Adoniram was in charge of the labor force: Solomon’s wisdom was evident in the way he employed this great workforce. First, he wisely delegated responsibility to men like Adoniram. Second, instead of making the Israelites work constantly away from Israel and home, he worked them in shifts. (Guzik)
Delegated Responsibility
Like Solomon delegating responsibility, you could say Jesus has delegated a responsibility to Christians!
”And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.“ Mark 16:15 NKJV
May I ask you this important question, what are you doing for His kingdom?
I apologize for no devotionals the last two weeks as we’ve been deer hunting and the Lord blessed me with a buck which is now in the freezer. I purposely left the front end loader on the tractor in case we got a deer for transporting it. Unfortunately through thanksgiving we’ve received 25” of snow so I had to remove the front end loader and install the 72” snowblower and subframe to clear my very long driveway.
Blessings
