2 Chronicles 8:10

2 Chronicles 8:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
• New International Version (NIV)They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And others were chiefs of the officials of King Solomon: two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people.
• New Living Translation (NLT)King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:10

8from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon drafted as forced labor, and so they are to this day. 9But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen. And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people. 11Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy." 12Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had built before the vestibule,

2 Chronicles 8:10 word by word

וְאֵ֨לֶּה שָׂרֵ֤י הַנִּצָּבִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם הָרֹדִ֖ים בָּעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the chiefשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• officersנְצִיבnetsîyb netsib · garrisonH5333
• officersנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• two hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• that bare ruleרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• over the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:10

• 2 Chronicles 2:18Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.
• 1 Kings 5:16besides Solomon's 3,300 chief officers who were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
• 1 Kings 9:23These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: 550 who had charge of the people who carried on the work.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10On the number compare 1 Kings 5:16 note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. two hundred and fifty that bare rule--(Compare 1Ki 9:23). It is generally agreed that the text of one of these passages is corrupt.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings