1 Kings 9:23

These were the chiefe of the officers that were ouer Solomons worke, fiue hundred and fiftie, which bare rule ouer the people that wrought in the worke.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

These {were} the chief officers who {were} over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
- American Standard Version (1901)

These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.
- Basic English Bible

These were the chief superintendents that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
- Darby Bible

These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.
- Webster's Bible

These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.
- World English Bible

These [are] the heads of the officers who [are] over the work of Solomon, fifty and five hundred, those ruling among the people who are labouring in the work.
- Youngs Literal Bible

These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 9:23

9:21 Those - He used them as bondmen, and imposed bodily labours uponthem. But why did not Solomon destroy them as God had commanded, whennow it was fully in his power to do so? The command of destroying them,#Deut 7:2|, did chiefly, if not only, concern that generation ofCanaanites, who lived in, or, near the time of the Israelitesentering into Canaan. And that command seems not to be absolute, butconditional, and with some exception for those who should submit andembrace the true religion, as may be gathered both from #Josh 11:19|,and from the history of the Gibeonites. For if God's command had beenabsolute, the oaths of Joshua, and of the princes, could not haveobliged them, nor dispensed with such a command.

9:25 Three times - That is, at the three solemn feasts: andundoubtedly at all other appointed times.