2 Chronicles 8:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ from their descendants who were still left in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon conscripted for forced labor, as is still the case today.

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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 Krydshenvisninger

1 Kings 4:6

Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram 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 still left in the land, whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely—these Solomon conscripted for slave labor, and so they are to this day.

2 Chronicles 2:16

We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you as rafts by sea to Joppa; you will 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 chariotry and cavalry.

Psalm 106:34

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

Joshua 16:10

They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.

Joshua 17:13

But when the Israelites grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out.