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1 Kings 5:16
1 Kings 5:16 is verse 16 of 1 Kings chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts 3,600; see 2 Chronicles 2:18.
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.
World English Bible
besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
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1 Kings 5:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18 So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 9:23They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
2 Chronicles 2:2So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.