OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 9:23

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These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.

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Verse 23. Officers of the crown. There were 250 over the army, (Paral.) or 3,300, (3,600, Par.) including those who presided over the proselytes. Calmet. 5:16. Calmet.—These are employed while the temple was building. Menochius.

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