1 Kings 5:16-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 not including his 3,300[a] deputies(A) in charge of the work. They ruled over the people doing the work. 17 The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.(B) 18 So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders,(C) along with the Gebalites,(D) quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Some LXX mss read 3,600; 2Ch 2:2,18
1 Kings 5:16-18
New International Version
16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(A) who supervised the project and directed the workers. 17 At the king’s command they removed from the quarry(B) large blocks of high-grade stone(C) to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple. 18 The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram(D) and workers from Byblos(E) cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
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