1 Kings 5:16

Solomon’s officers. The number is given here as 3,300, but a parallel passage gives 3,600 (2 Chron. 2:18). 1 Kings 9:23 gives the number of the “chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work” as 550, whereas 2 Chronicles 8:10 gives the number of “the chief of king Solomon’s officers” as 250. It will be noticed that the total number of officers of all classes in each case is 3,850. It appears that the writers of Kings and Chronicles classified the officers differently. It is even possible that there was a reorganization, in which some were promoted, and that one writer gives the classification as it was before, and the other as it was after, the reorganization.