King Solomon conscripted forced labor out of all Israel; the levy numbered thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 9:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon made a forced levy of slaves to this day. American Standard Version (1901) their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day. Common English Bible that is, the descendants of such people who were still in the land because the Israelites weren’t able to wipe them out—Solomon forced into the labor gangs that are still in existence today. Catholic Public Domain Version their sons, who had remained in the land, namely, those whom the sons of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary, even to this day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their children, that were left in the land, to wit, such as the children of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary unto this day. |
King Solomon conscripted forced labor out of all Israel; the levy numbered thirty thousand men.
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer
All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel—
David gave orders to gather together the aliens who were residing in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.
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.
These are the leaders of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the towns of Judah all lived on their property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.
The descendants of Solomon’s servants: of Sotai, of Sophereth, of Perida,
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
If it accepts your terms of peace and surrenders to you, then all the people in it shall serve you at forced labor.
But the people of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
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.
Yet the Manassites could not take possession of those towns, but the Canaanites continued to live in that land.
But when the Israelites grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out.
But the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived in Jerusalem among the Benjaminites to this day.
The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, “Because this nation has transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors and have not obeyed my voice,
Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of war in Canaan