1 Kings 5:16

Besides the overseers who were over every work, in number three thousand, and three hundred that ruled over the people, and them that did the work.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:

17And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:

Read all of 1 Kings 5

Cross References

1 Kings 9:23And there were five hundred and fifty chief officers set over all the works of Solomon, and they had people under them, and had charge over the appointed works.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:11-18

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Kings 5:16