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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 9 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.