1 Kings 9:23
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And 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.

chief

1 Kings 5:16 Besides 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.

2 Chronicles 2:18 And he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens on their shoulders, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains: and three thousand and six hundred to be overseers of the work of the people.

2 Chronicles 8:10 And all the chief captains of king Solomon's army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the people.

Context
Solomon's Numerous Achievements
22But of the children of Israel, Solomon made not any to be bondmen, but they were warriors, and his servants, and his princes, and captains, and overseers of the chariots and horses. 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.24And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Mello.…
Cross References
1 Kings 5:16
Besides 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.

2 Chronicles 8:10
And all the chief captains of king Solomon's army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the people.

Lexicon
[They]
אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

[were also] the chief
שָׂרֵ֣י (śā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

officers
הַנִּצָּבִ֗ים (han·niṣ·ṣā·ḇîm)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5324: To take one's stand, stand

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Solomon’s
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה (liš·lō·mōh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

projects:
הַמְּלָאכָה֙ (ham·mə·lā·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

550
חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty

supervisors over
הָרֹדִ֣ים (hā·rō·ḏîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7287: To tread down, subjugate, to crumble off

the people
בָּעָ֔ם (bā·‘ām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

who did
הָעֹשִׂ֖ים (hā·‘ō·śîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

the work.
בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (bam·mə·lā·ḵāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property


Additional Translations
They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.These 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.

These 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.

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

These 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.

These 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.

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

These 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.
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