1 Kings 5:16

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
chief	מִשָּׂרֵ֨י mi.sa.Rei	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Solomon’s	לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙ lish.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
officers	הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים ha.ni.tza.Vim	H5324	to station · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
work	הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה ha.me.la.Khah	H4399	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
three	שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת she.Lo.shet	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular construct
thousand	אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders plural absolute
three	וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ u.she.Losh	H7969	three · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֑וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
ruled	הָרֹדִ֣ים ha.ro.Dim	H7287	to tread down · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
people	בָּעָ֔ם ba.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wrought	הָעֹשִׂ֖ים ha.'o.Sim	H6213	to do or make · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
work	בַּמְּלָאכָֽה ba.me.la.Khah	H4399	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 9:23 These 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…
2 Chronicles 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:10–end

Here is, I. The performance of the agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to his bargain, Kg1 5:10. The trees were Solomon's, but perhaps - Materiam superabat opus - The workmanship was of more value than the article. Hiram is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to Hiram the corn which he had promised him, Kg1 5:11. Thus let justice be followed (as the expression is, Deu 16:20), justice on both sides, in every bargain. II. The confirmation of the friendship that was between them hereby. God gave Solomon wisdom (Kg1 5:12), which was more and better than any thing Hiram did or coul…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 5:13

SOLOMON'S WORKMEN AND LABORERS. (Kg1 5:13-18) Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel--The renewed notice of Solomon's divine gift of wisdom (Kg1 5:12) is evidently introduced to prepare for this record of the strong but prudent measures he took towards the accomplishment of his work. So great a stretch of arbitrary power as is implied in this compulsory levy would have raised great discontent, if not opposition, had not his wise arrangement of letting the laborers remain at home two months out of three, added to the sacredness of the work, reconciled the people to this forced labor. The carrying of burdens and the irksome work of excavating the quarries was assigned to the remnant of the C…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 5:16

Besides - three thousand and three hundred which ruled over the people - In the parallel place, Ch2 2:18, it is three thousand six hundred. The Septuagint has here the same number.

John Gill on 1 Kings 5:16

Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work,.... Over the whole work, preparatory for the building of the temple; though it seems chiefly to have respect to that of hewing the stones, and bringing them to the city: three thousand and three hundred which ruled over the people that wrought in the work; to keep them to their work, and to see that they performed it well: in 2 Chronicles 2:18; they are said to be 3600, which is three hundred more than here; those three hundred are the chief officers mentioned in the former part of this verse, which were over the whole work, and even over the 3600 overseers, and with them made up the sum of 3600; so Jacob Leon (h) observes th…

Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…

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1 Kings 5:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 5:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 5:16

John Gill on 1 Kings 5:16

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 5:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 5:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 5:16

John Gill on 1 Kings 5:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 5:16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 5:16

Rashi on 1 Kings 5:13