1 Kings 9:23 They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon's projects--550 officials supervising those who did the work.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon's projects--550 officials supervising those who did the work.

English Standard Version
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work: 550 who had charge of the people who carried on the work.

New American Standard Bible
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These were the deputies who were over Solomon's work: 550 who ruled over the people doing the work.

International Standard Version
There were 550 chief officers who supervised Solomon's activities and managed the staff that was doing the work.

American Standard Version
These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were five hundred and fifty chief officers set over all the works of Solomon, and they had people under them, and had charge over the appointed works.

Darby Bible Translation
These were the chief superintendents that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

Young's Literal Translation
These are the heads of the officers who are over the work of Solomon, fifty and five hundred, those ruling among the people who are labouring in the work.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in all his other buildings. Let piety begin, and profit follow; leave pleasure to the last. Whatever pains we take for the glory of God, and to profit others, we are likely to have the advantage. Canaan, the holy land, the glory of all lands, had no gold in it; which shows that the best produce is that which is for the present support of life, our own and others; such things did Canaan produce. Solomon got much by his merchandise, and yet has directed us to a better trade, within reach of the poorest. Wisdom is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold, Pr 3:14.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

23. These were the chief of the officers—(See on [304]2Ch 8:10).