besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and ruled over the people who were doing the work.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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.
- BSB not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- NKJV besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.
- NLT and 3,600 foremen to supervise the work.
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Quick answer
Besides the laborers, 3,300 chief officers supervised the workers. A large management structure oversaw the project.
Overview
This level of supervision shows the careful organization needed for so great an undertaking. The numbers in the parallel accounts vary slightly, likely reflecting different ways of counting categories of overseers. The detail underscores the order and scale with which the temple was built for the glory of God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- 1 Kgs 9:23These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
- 2 Chr 2:2Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
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