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1Ki 5:16 — Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which [were] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

three thousand		"In the parallel passage of Chronicles, it is ""three thousand six hundred,"" which is also the reading of the Septuagint here. 1Ki 9:23; 2Ch 2:2"

Correlating Passages

three thousand

	1Ki 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.
	2Ch 2:2	And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 5:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Ki/5/16.html>.

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