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Solomon’s Additional Achievements

2 Chronicles 8:10

In 11 translations

BSB
They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
KJV
And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
WEB
These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
ASV
And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
LSV
and these [are] heads of the officers whom King Solomon has, two hundred and fifty who are rulers among the people.
YLT
and these [are] heads of the officers whom king Solomon hath, two hundred and fifty who are rulers among the people.
DBY
And these were the chief of king Solomon's superintendents, two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.
DRC
And all the chief captains of king Solomon’s army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the people.
GNV
So these were the chiefe of the officers which Salomon had, euen two hundreth and fiftie that bare rule ouer the people.
JPS
And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bore rule over the people.
LXXE
And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, two hundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people.

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  • Written (Ketiv): הַנְּצִיבִים (“the garrisons”). Read aloud (Qere): הַנִּצָּבִ֛ים (“the overseers”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads הַנִּצָּיבִ֛ים; read aloud (Qere) reads הַנִּצָּבִ֛ים (“the overseers”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֵ֨לֶּה שָׂרֵ֤י הנציבים אֲשֶׁר־לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם הָרֹדִ֖ים בָּעָֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): הַנִּצָּבִ֛יםYathir readings in L which we have designated as Qeres when both Dothan and BHS list a Qere.
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὗτοι ἄρχοντες τῶν προστατῶν βασιλέως Σαλωμὼν, πεντήκοντα καὶ διακόσιοι ἐργοδιωκτοῦντες ἐν τῷ λαῷ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 2:18Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
  • 1 Kings 9:23They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
  • 1 Kings 5:16not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.

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