1 Kings 9:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ שָׂרֵ֣י הַנִצָּבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַל־הַמְּלָאכָה֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת הָרֹדִ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃

Transliteration

These śārê the-niṣṣābîm who over-the-məlāʾkāh for-šəlōmōh, five hundred and fifty, the ones hārōdîm among-the-ʿām the ones hāʿōśîm in-the-məlāʾkāh.

Grammar Details

*śārê*: noun, masculine plural construct - chiefs of
*niṣṣābîm*: niphal participle, masculine plural with article - the ones stationed
*məlāʾkāh*: noun, feminine singular with article - the work
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*hārōdîm*: qal participle, masculine plural with article - the ones ruling
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with article - the people
*hāʿōśîm*: qal participle, masculine plural with article - the ones doing

Word Meanings

*śārê haniṣṣābîm*: chief officers/supervisors/overseers
*məlāʾkāh*: work/labor/task
*hārōdîm*: ruling over/supervising/directing
*hāʿōśîm bamməlāʾkāh*: those doing the work/laborers/workers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 5:16 : 16 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.
2 Chr 8:10 : 10 And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
2 Chr 2:18 : 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 5:13-18
6 verses
84%
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14And 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 taskwork.
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
16besides 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.
17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
2 Chr 8:9-10
2 verses
84%
9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
10And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
2 Chr 2:17-18
2 verses
76%
17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
1 Kgs 9:21-22
2 verses
75%
21their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
2 Chr 2:2
75%
2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
1 Chr 23:4-5
2 verses
72%
4Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.
1 Kgs 4:6-7
2 verses
70%
6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
1 Chr 9:9
70%
9and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
2 Chr 1:2
69%
2And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
1 Chr 29:6
68%
6Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;
Num 1:46
68%
46even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Ezra 2:58
68%
58All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
Neh 7:60
68%
60All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
1 Kgs 9:15
67%
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Exod 18:21
67%
21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
1 Chr 28:21
67%
21And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
2 Chr 9:25
67%
25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Chr 22:15
67%
15Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in every manner of work:
Num 2:23
67%
23And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
1 Chr 25:1
67%
1Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:
Deut 1:15
67%
15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
Neh 11:3
67%
3Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.
2 Sam 24:9
67%
9And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Sam 8:12
67%
12and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
2 Sam 20:23
67%
23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
1 Chr 27:1
66%
1Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every course were twenty and four thousand.
2 Chr 26:12-13
2 verses
66%
12The whole number of the heads of fathers' [houses], even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
2 Chr 34:13
66%
13Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
2 Sam 18:1
66%
1And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
Isa 3:3
66%
3the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
1 Kgs 20:15
66%
15Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty - two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
1 Chr 12:23
66%
23And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
1 Chr 9:13
66%
13and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
1 Chr 29:24
66%
24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
1 Chr 23:24
66%
24These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' [houses] of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
1 Kgs 4:27
66%
27And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
1 Kgs 9:27
66%
27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
2 Chr 31:13
65%
13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.