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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.
• New Living Translation (NLT)King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:10

8that is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel did not destroy—from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day. 9But Solomon did not make the children of Israel servants for his work. Some were men of war, captains of his officers, captains of his chariots, and his cavalry. And others were chiefs of the officials of King Solomon: two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people. 11Now Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.” 12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which 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 2:18And he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.
• 1 Kings 5:16besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.
• 1 Kings 9:23Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon’s work: five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did 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