1 Kings 9:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 the work.”
1 Kings 9:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 9:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 9:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.”
1 Kings 9:23 — World English Bible
1 Kings 9:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
1 Kings 9:23 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 9:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“These <FI>are<Fi> the heads of the officers who <FI>are<Fi> over the work of Solomon, fifty and five hundred, those ruling among the people who are labouring in the work.”
1 Kings 9:23 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 9:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
1 Kings 9:23 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 9:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“These were the princes of the officers, that were ouer Salomons worke: euen fiue hundreth and fiftie, and they ruled the people that wrought in the worke.”
1 Kings 9:23 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 9:23 in Context — 1 Kings 9
21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
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 the work.
24 But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
What Does 1 Kings 9:23 Mean?
1 Kings 9:23 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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