1 Kings 5:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:23 : 23 These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.
  • 2 Chr 2:2 : 2 And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 9:23
    84%

    23These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13-15
    3 verses
    84%

    13Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

    14And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

    15Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

  • 2 Chr 2:16-18
    3 verses
    84%

    16And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

    17Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.

    18Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

    2And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

  • 2 Chr 8:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.

    10Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

    18Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • 1 Chr 22:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

    16In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

  • 1 Chr 23:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;

    5Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

    7And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    71%

    2And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 1 Chr 28:21
    70%

    21And see, there are the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the work of the house of God; and every trained and expert workman will be ready to do for you whatever is needed; and the captains and the people will be under your orders in everything.

  • 2 Chr 26:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred.

    13And under their orders was a trained army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, of great strength in war, helping the king against any who came against him.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    70%

    1Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

  • Isa 3:3
    70%

    3The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

  • 2 Chr 34:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

    13Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

  • Exod 31:5
    69%

    5In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

  • 1 Chr 29:6
    69%

    6Then the heads of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave themselves;

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

    6To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

  • Neh 11:3
    69%

    3Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

    7And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

  • Neh 7:60
    69%

    60All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    69%

    15Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    69%

    16And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.

  • 2 Chr 3:3
    69%

    3And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

  • 2 Chr 2:10
    69%

    10And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

  • 1 Chr 9:13
    68%

    13And their brothers, heads of their families, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty: able men, doing the work of the house of God.

  • Num 4:44
    68%

    44Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17
    68%

    17And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Kgs 11:5
    68%

    5And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,

  • 2 Chr 31:13
    68%

    13And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    68%

    26And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 12:11
    68%

    11And the money which was measured out they gave regularly to those who were responsible for overseeing the work, and these gave it in payment to the woodworkers and the builders who were working on the house of the Lord,

  • 1 Kgs 4:32
    68%

    32He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26-27
    2 verses
    67%

    26And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

    27And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    67%

    19These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.