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See also 1 Kings 9:23 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY - See 1 Kings 5:16 note....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S DEALINGS WITH HIRAM. THE LEVY. The source of this section seems to be the Acts of Solomon (see above). After Solomon had completed his buildings he was obliged to give Hiram cities in Galile...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _These_were _the chief of the officers_ Better, with R.V. THE CHIEF OFFICERS. This is a select class out of the whole number of such officers. A greater number, 3300, is spoken of in chap. 1 Kings 5:1...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. SOLOMON AND THE _CORVÉE_ 9:15-25 The second means by which Solomon was able to construct so many buildings was the compulsory labor force. The use of forced labor (Heb. _hammas)_ was mentioned in c...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ These were the chief of the officers - (see the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY. — In 1 Kings 5:16 we read of just six times as many officers as those here mentioned over the workers for the Temple. But in that passage there would seem to be reference to th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ שָׂרֵ֣י הַ נִּצָּבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַל...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PROSPERITY AND WEALTH 1 Kings 9:15 Solomon was a great builder and employed vast numbers of Canaanites, the old inhabitants of the land, as forced laborers. They performed the drudgery, while the Isr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon's work, (i) five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. (i) The overseers of Solomon's works were...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Officers of the crown. There were 250 over the army, (Paralipomenon) or 3,300, (3,600, Paralipomenon) including those who presided over the proselytes, chap. v. 16. (Calmet) --- These are employed wh...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (15) В¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. (1...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THESE WERE THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICERS OVER SOLOMON'S WORK,.... In building the above houses and cities: FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY WHICH BORE RULE OVER THE PEOPLE THAT WROUGHT IN THE WORK; in 2 Chronicles...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 23. _Five hundred and fifty._] Nothing s...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bond-men _ He spared them, and did not employ them in any servile labours about his public works, but put them into nobler offices, as it here follows. _...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, superintending the erection of the public building...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Resources and Power...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OBJECT. They were only two hundred and fifty in 2 CHRONICLES 8:10. ANSW. First, Those might be officers of another sort; for they are not said to be _over the work_, as these are, but only over the pe...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 9:23 chiefs H8269 officials H5324 (H8737) Solomons H8010 work H4399 five H2568 hundred H3967 fifty H2572 rul

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROJECTS (1 KINGS 9:15). The author now links the building of the Temple and the palace complex with a number of other large scale building works in which Solomon engaged,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:10 Solomon’s rule over the surrounding kingdoms, combined with his status in the world in general (1 Kings 4:21), put him in a position to build and dedicate the temple ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:15 THE ACCOUNT OF THE FORCED LABOR. The author clarifies that Solomon used his task force of 30,000 Canaanite laborers (1 Kings 5:1) for the t

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:15. Solomon fortified the border cities especially open to attacks from foes, and carried out building projects for the public health and advantage. The lev...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS AND UNDERTAKINGS.—So far the historian has spoken exclusively of the two greatest works of Solomon's reign, the Temple and the Palace, and principally of the former. Eve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 5:16; 2 Chronicles 2:18; 2 Chronicles 8:10...

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