16as well as thirty-three hundred foremen who supervised the project and directed the workmen.


In Context

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel-thirty thousand men.

14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,

16 as well as thirty-three hundred foremen who supervised the project and directed the workmen.

17 At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

18 The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and the men of Gebal cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.

1st Kings 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Beside 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Besides the overseers who were over every work, in number three thousand, and three hundred that ruled over the people, and them that did the work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16besides Solomon's chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16besides Solomon's chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Besides the chief of Solomon's officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who are over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that worked in the work.