1 Kings 5:16
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18 So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
- ASV
- besides Solomon`s chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
- DARBY
- besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
- BLB
- besides the chiefs of the deputies of Solomon that [are] over the work, three thousand and three hundred [were] those ruling over the people who were doing the work.
- ÅB
- foruten arbeidsformennene, som var tre tusen og tre hundre i tallet; de rådet over de folk som utførte arbeidet.
- OTB
- foruten Salomos overordnede som hadde tilsyn med arbeidet, tre tusen tre hundre som styrte over folket som gjorde arbeidet.
- B1930
- foruten arbeidsformennene, som var tre tusen og tre hundre i tallet; de rådet over de folk som utførte arbeidet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 9:23
They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
Read in context2 Chronicles 2:2
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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