Then the chief of the fathers. — And the princes of the clans, &c., volunteered, showed themselves liberal (nâdîb: 1 Chronicles 28:21; comp. Proverbs 19:6).
Chief... princes... captains... rulers. — All these words represent a single Hebrew term (sârîm). Princes of the clans or houses = heads of the houses elsewhere.
With the rulers of the king’s work. — The stewards or bailiffs of the royal domains (1 Chronicles 27:25-31). The construction here is like that in 1 Chronicles 28:21. The particle rendered “with” (le) appears to mean much the same as ‘ăd, “even unto,” assigning an inclusive limit.