1 Kings 5:16

1 Kings 5:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)as well as thirty-three hundred foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)besides Solomon's 3,300 chief officers who were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
• New King James Version (NKJV)besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.

Context of 1 Kings 5:16

14Then he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon for a month, and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced laborers. 15Now Solomon had seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stonemasons in the mountains, besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17Then the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. 18So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut the stones, and they prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:16 word by word

לְ֠בַד מִשָּׂרֵ֨י הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת הָרֹדִ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• besidesבַּדbad · aloneH905
• besidesמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• 3,300שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• 3,300אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 3,300מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• chiefשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• deputiesנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• inעַל‛al · uponH5921
• projectמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• ruledרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• over the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• who were doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for 1 Kings 5:16

• 1 Kings 9:23These were the chief officers who were in charge of Solomon’s work, 550, who ruled over the people doing the work.
• 2 Chronicles 2:2So Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry loads, eighty thousand men to quarry stone in the mountains, and 3,600 to supervise them.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 5:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Besides - three thousand and three hundred which ruled over the people - In the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 2:18, it is three thousand six hundred. The Septuagint has here the same number.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Comparing this verse and 1 Kings 9:23 with 2 Chronicles 2:18; 2 Chronicles 8:10, the entire number of the overseers will be seen to be stated by both writers at 3,850; but in the one case nationality, in the other degree of authority, is made the principle of the division.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Christ, who is laid for a Foundation, is a chosen and precious Stone. We should lay our foundation firm, and bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men. And happy those who, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 163,300 foremen: In 2 Chronicles (2 Chronicles 2:2, 17–18; 8:10), there are 3,600 non-Israelite foremen and 250 Israelite chief supervisors. In the Hebrew text of 1 Kings 5:16 and 9:23, the numbers are 3,300 foremen and 550 chief supervisors. It is possible that 250 of the chief supervisors were Israelites, and 300 non-Israelites held the same rank.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 5

• 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
• 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