1 Kings 5:16
“Besides the chiefe of Solomons officers which were ouer the worke, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled ouer the people that wrought in the worke.”
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1 Kings 5:16 Context
14And hee sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a moneth by courses: a moneth they were in Lebanon, and two moneths at home: and Adoniram was ouer the leuie. 15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand hewers in the mountaines: 16Besides the chiefe of Solomons officers which were ouer the worke, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled ouer the people that wrought in the worke. 17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18And Solomons builders, and Hirams builders, did hewe them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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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.
- King James Version
besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who {were} over the project {and} who ruled over the people who were doing the work.
- New American Standard Version (1995)