1 Kings 5:16
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.
1 Kings 5:16 in other translations
| BSB | not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who are over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business. |
| 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. |
| BBE | In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen. |
| Webster | Besides the chief of Solomon's officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work. |
What does 1 Kings 5:16 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 5:10-18
The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Christ, who is laid for a Foundation, is a chosen and precious Stone. We should lay our foundation firm, and bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men. And happy those who, as lively stones…
1 Kings 5:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 5:16
- 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.
- 2 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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Context
- 1 Kings 5:15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
- 1 Kings 5:16
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.
- 1 Kings 5:17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
1 Kings 5:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sin los principales oficiales de Salomón que estaban sobre la obra, tres mil y trescientos, los cuales tenían cargo del pueblo que hacía la obra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Salomon envoya vers Hiram, disant: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ohne die Oberaufseher Salomos, welche über die Arbeit waren, 3300, die über das Volk walteten, das an der Arbeit beschäftigt war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | absque præpositis qui præerant singulis operibus, numero trium millium et trecentorum, præcipientium populo et his qui faciebant opus. |