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שָׁלִישָׁיו וְשָׁרֵי should be altered into וְשָׁלִישָׁיו שָׂרָיו as in 1Ki 9:22, for שָׁלִישִׁים are not chariot combatants, but royal adjutants; see on Exo 14:7 and 2Sa 23:8. Over the statute labourers 250 upper overseers were placed. נְצִיבִים שָׂרֵי, chief of the superiors, i.e., chief overseer. The Keth. נְצִיבִים, praefecti, is the true reading; cf. 1Ch 18:13; 2Ch 17:2. The Keri has arisen out of 1Ki 9:23. These overseers were Israelites, while in the number 550 (1Ki 9:23) the Israelite and Canaanite upper overseers are both included; see on 2Ch 2:17. בָּעָם refers to כָּל־הָעָם, 2Ch 8:7, and denotes the Canaanite people who remained.