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Solomon forces men to build the Temple.

conscripted labor out of all Israel

"forced men from all over Israel to work"

in shifts

The workers did not all go at once; the groups went one after the other to share the work.

One month they were in Lebanon and two months at home

Each of the three groups spent one month working in Lebanon and then two months at home in Israel.