23They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon's projects-550 officials supervising the men who did the work.


In Context

20 All the people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites),

21 that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites could not exterminate -these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force, as it is to this day.

22 But Solomon did not make slaves of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers.

23 They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon's projects-550 officials supervising the men who did the work.

24 After Pharaoh's daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the supporting terraces.

25 Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord , burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.

1st Kings 9:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23These [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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:23And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:23These 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23These were the chief superintendents that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:23These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23These 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bore rule over the people that worked in the work.