These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
Parallel translations
- KJV And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
- BSB They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
- NKJV And others were chiefs of the officials of King Solomon: two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people.
- NASB These were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250 who ruled over the people.
- NLT King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.
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- 2 Chr 2:18He 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.
- 1 Kgs 5:16besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
- 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.
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