These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
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These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
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These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
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These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
- 2 Chronicles 8:10 These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The overseers of Solomon’s works, were divided into three…
The overseers of Solomon’s works, were divided into three parts: the first contained 3300, the second 300, and the third 250, which were Israelites: so here are contained the two last parts, which make 550, see 2 Chron. 8:10.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 9:23 These [were] the chief of the officers…
1Ki 9:23 These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
Ver. 23. Five hundred and fifty.] Nothing so many as he had about his temple work. {1Ki 5:16} These also took their turns, two hundred and fifty at a time, and fifty to be over them also. {2Ch 8:10}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Object. They were only two hundred and fifty in…
Object. They were only two hundred and fifty in 2Ch 8:10.
Answ. First, Those might be officers of another sort; for they are not said to be over the work, as these are, but only over the people. Secondly, The two hundred and fifty were Israelites, who are therefore distinctly mentioned in that book, where many things are more exactly noted than in the former; and the other three hundred were strangers, who therefore are neglected in that more accurate account. Or, thirdly, There was but two hundred and fifty at one time, which is noted there, and two hundred and fifty at another time, (for it is apparent they did their work by turns,) and the other fifty either were superior to all the rest, or rather were a reserve to supply the place of any of the five hundred when there was occasion, which might frequently happen. And so this was an act not unbecoming Solomon’s wisdom, to make provision for emergencies.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And three times in a year did Solomon offer…
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord,.... The brasen altar, the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the priests, and by whom he offered. The three times were the feasts of passover, pentecost, and tabernacles, as explained in Ch2 8:13, not that these were the only offerings, or these the only times he offered; for he offered all other sacrifices, and at all other times commanded in the law of Moses, as on sabbaths and new moons, as expressed in the above place:
and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord; the altar of incense, which stood in the holy place, right beside the most holy, in which was the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence; not that Solomon burnt incense in person, but by the priests, whom he furnished with incense; for no king might offer incense, as the case of Uzziah shows:
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so he finished the house; which respects not the building of it, that had been observed before, but the service of it; as he had provided all vessels and utensils for the furniture of it, and all things to be used in them; as sacrifices for the altar of burnt offering, incense for the altar of incense, bread for the shewbread table, and oil for the lamps; so he appointed the courses of the priests, Levites, and porters, to do their duty, who went through every part of service assigned them, and completed the whole; see Ch2 8:14.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Five hundred and fifty - See 1Ki 5:16 note.
Five hundred and fifty - See 1Ki 5:16 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Officers of the crown. There were 250 over the…
Officers of the crown. There were 250 over the army, (Paralipomenon) or 3,300, (3,600, Paralipomenon) including those who presided over the proselytes, chap. v. 16. (Calmet) --- These are employed while the temple was building. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain These were the chief of the officers--(See on Ch2…
These were the chief of the officers--(See on Ch2 8:10).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Five hundred and fifty — See note on…
23. Five hundred and fifty — See note on 1Ki_5:16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. These were the chief of the officers] Better,…
23. These were the chief of the officers] Better, with R.V. the chief officers. This is a select class out of the whole number of such officers. A greater number, 3300, is spoken of in chap. 1Ki_5:16, and it may be that while the works in Lebanon, and at the Temple and the king’s house, were in progress, the larger number of chief officers was engaged in the supervision; but afterwards, for the ordinary fortification and pleasaunce-building, the smaller number was found sufficient. In 2Ch_8:11, two hundred and fifty is given as the number of these officials. Kennicott explains this variation by the reading of one letter for another in the Hebrew system of indicating numbers by the letters of the alphabet.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Five hundred and fifty.—In 1Ki_5:16 we read of…
(23) Five hundred and fifty.—In 1Ki_5:16 we read of just six times as many officers as those here mentioned over the workers for the Temple. But in that passage there would seem to be reference to the special levy then raised; here the description is apparently of a regularly established system.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain These were the chief of the Officers that were…
These were the chief of the Officers that were over Solomon"s work; five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. (see on 1Ki_5:16)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 550 of them
550 of them
"five hundred and fifty of them" (See: Numbers)
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