1 Kings 5:16

besides the rulers that were appointed over the works of Solomon, there were three thousand + 5:16 Heb. 300. Alex. 500. six hundred + 5:16 Heb. and Alex. overseers of the people. masters who wrought in the works.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain;

17+ 5:17 Verse 17 is not in Vat. The following is from Alex. And the king commanded and they + 5:17 Gr. bring. brought great stones, precious stones for the foundation of the house, and unhewn stones.

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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 →

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