1 Kings 5:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
In context
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18 So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
1 Kings 5:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
- ASV American Standard Version
- besides 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- apart 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Besides 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.