1 Reis 5:16

16 afora os mestres de obra que estavam sobre aquele serviço, três mil e trezentes, os quais davam as ordens aos trabalhadores.

1 Reis 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 5:16

Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which [were] over the
work
Over the whole work, preparatory for the building of the temple; though it seems chiefly to have respect to that of hewing the stones, and bringing them to the city:

three thousand and three hundred which ruled over the people that
wrought in the work;
to keep them to their work, and to see that they performed it well: in ( 2 Chronicles 2:18 ) ; they are said to be 3600, which is three hundred more than here; those three hundred are the chief officers mentioned in the former part of this verse, which were over the whole work, and even over the 3600 overseers, and with them made up the sum of 3600; so Jacob Leon ^F8 observes there were 3300 master workmen, and three hundred commanders over them all.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, ch. 3. p. 14.

1 Reis 5:16 In-Context

14 E os enviava ao Líbano por turnos, cada mês dez mil; um mês estavam no Líbano, e dois meses cada um em sua casa; e Adonirão estava sobre a leva.

15 Tinha também Salomão setenta mil que levavam as cargas, e oitenta mil que talhavam pedras nas montanhas,

16 afora os mestres de obra que estavam sobre aquele serviço, três mil e trezentes, os quais davam as ordens aos trabalhadores.

17 Por ordem do rei eles cortaram grandes pedras, de grande preço, para fundarem a casa em pedras lavradas.

18 Lavraram-nas, pois, os edificadores de Salomão, e os de Hirão, e os gebalitas, e prepararam as madeiras e as pedras para edificar a casa.