And this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer
Judges 1:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. American Standard Version (1901) And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Common English Bible The tribe of Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites kept on living there with them. Catholic Public Domain Version And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ephraim also did not slay the Chanaanite that dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him. |
And this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burnt it with fire, and had slain the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife;
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he left none remaining.
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.
When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor.