1 Kings 5:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.

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KJV

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.

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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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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Kings 5

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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