1 Kings 5:16
14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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.
17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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
These 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 2:2
And 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.
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