2 Chronicles 8:10
in 2 Chronicles 8They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
KJV
And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 8
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
all the people who remained of the Hittites
on 2 Chronicles 8:7-10
The surviving Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites are conscripted as forced laborers. The Israelites serve instead as “his men of war, his officers and captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry”. Kings gives the division in the same terms at 1 Kings 9:20-23.
This site's exposition
the chief officers for King Solomon
The two hundred fifty chief officers were Israelites set over the labor gangs drawn from the Canaanite remnant. Hadoram, over the forced labor, is stoned at 10:18. Clarke, citing Jarchi, says he died while trying to collect the tribute Solomon had imposed.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Solomon brought up from the City of David That is Zion, for he let her dwell in the City of David when he married her, and she was there until he completed building his palace.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֨לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שָׂרֵ֤י | sarei | [were] [the] commanders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַנִּצָּבִ֛ים | hanetzivim | the overseers | H5324 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | lamelekh | [belonged] to the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| וּמָאתָ֑יִם | umatayim | and two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| הָרֹדִ֖ים | harodim | who ruled | H7287 → | |
| בָּעָֽם׃ | baam | over the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וְאֵ֨לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
שָׂרֵ֤י[were] [the] commanders of
sareiH8269 →421 times
הַנִּצָּבִ֛יםthe overseers
hanetzivimH5324 →
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ[belonged] to the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
וּמָאתָ֑יִםand two hundred
umatayimH3967 →581 times
הָרֹדִ֖יםwho ruled
harodimH7287 →
בָּעָֽם׃over the people
baamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 5:16not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 2:2
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:23
They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
- 2 Chronicles 2:2
Through
1 Kings 9:23They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 5:16
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
- 1 Kings 5:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.