These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
1 Kings 5:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) besides Solomon's three thousand three hundred chief officers who were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the work. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Besides Solomon's 3,300 overseers in charge of the people doing the work. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible This doesn’t include Solomon’s 3,300 supervisors in charge of the work, who had oversight over the laborers. Catholic Public Domain Version aside from the commanders who were over each work, in number three thousand and three hundred, who gave orders to the people and to those who were doing the work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
And Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to bear burdens and eighty thousand to quarry in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.