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1 Kings 9:23
1 Kings 9:23 is verse 23 of 1 Kings chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
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1 Kings 9:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
22 But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
23 They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
24 As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed 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 5:16not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
2 Chronicles 2:18Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
2 Chronicles 8:10They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.