1 Kings 9:23

Five hundred and fifty - See 1 Kings 5:16 note.

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

²³ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 9:23

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:23