World English Bible
1 Kings 5:16
“besides 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.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 5
He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
besides 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 king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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