1 Kings 9:23

“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.”

"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." - 1 Kings 9:23
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What does 1 Kings 9:23 mean?

First, let's take a look at the verse in its original King James Version: "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." This verse comes from the book of 1 Kings in the Old…

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Stewards of a Sacred Calling

1 Kings 9:23 says, "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." This particular verse encapsulates a moment in Israel's history when King Solomon, designated as the wisest…

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A Prayer for Wisdom and Leadership in Service

Heavenly Father, we come before You today, reflecting upon the wisdom and leadership that You instilled in King Solomon. As we meditate on the words of 1 Kings 9:23, *"These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule…

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1 Kings 9:23 - "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."
2 Kings 9:23 - "And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah."
1 Kings 10:23 - "So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom."
"And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah." - 2 Kings 9:23
2 Chronicles 9:23 - "¶ And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart."
2 Kings 23:9 - "Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren."
1 Kings 3:9
2 Kings 23:1 - "And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem."
1 Kings 9:18 - "And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,"
1 Kings 9:14 - "And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold."
"So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom." - 1 Kings 10:23
1 Kings 9:17 - "And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,"
1 Kings 1:23 - "And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground."
1 Kings 21:23 - "And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel."
1 Corinthians 9:23 - "And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you."
1 Kings 6:23 - "¶ And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high."
1 Kings 15:9 - "¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah."
1 Chronicles 23:9 - "The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan."
1 Kings 22:9 - "Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah."
1 Kings 12:23 - "Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,"
1 Kings 14:23 - "For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree."
1 Chronicles 9:23 - "So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards."
1 Kings 4:9 - "The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:"
1 Kings 4:23 - "Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl."
"And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold." - 1 Kings 9:14
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1 Kings 6:9 - "So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar."
1 Kings 11:23 - "¶ And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:"
"And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether," - 1 Kings 9:17