1 Kings 5:16
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Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
In other translations
Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
Hebrew words
לְבַדlevad<to> apartH905מִשָּׂרֵיmisareifrom [the] leaders ofH8269הַנִּצָּבִיםhanitzavimthe overseersH5324לִשְׁלֹמֹהlishlomohof SolomonH8010אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834עַל־'al-[were] overH5921הַמְּלָאכָהhamelakhahthe workH4399שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshetthreeH7969אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505וּשְׁלֹשׁusheloshand threeH7969מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967הָרֹדִיםharodimwho ruledH7287בָּעָםba'amover the peopleH5971הָעֹשִׂיםha'osimwho were doingH6213בַּמְּלָאכָה׃bamelakhah<in> the workH4399
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 9:23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
- 2 Chronicles 2:2And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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People and places
People: Solomon