2 Chronicles 8:8 - Revised Standard Version

⁸ from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon made a forced levy and so they are to this day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ but of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But descendants of those who were left in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed–of them Solomon made a levy for forced labor to this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.

Common English Bible

⁸ that is, the descendants of such people who were still in the land because the Israelites weren’t able to destroy them—Solomon forced into the labor gangs that are still in existence today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ those of their sons and their posterity whom the sons of Israel had not put to death, Solomon subjugated as tributaries, even to this day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Of their children, and of the posterity, whom the children of Israel had not slain, Solomon made to be the tributaries, unto this day.

2 Chronicles 8:8 Cross References

1 Kings 4:6

Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

1 Kings 9:10

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

1 Kings 9:21

their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly—these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day.

2 Chronicles 2:16

and we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon, and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 8:9

But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen.

Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,

Joshua 16:10

However they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have become slaves to do forced labor.

Joshua 17:13

But when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.