1 Kings 9:22 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²² 7 And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But Solomon made no slaves of the Israelites; they were the soldiers, his officials, attendants, commanders, captains, chariot officers, and horsemen.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

Common English Bible

²² However, Solomon didn’t force the Israelites to work as slaves; instead, they became warriors, his servants, his leaders, his officers, and those in charge of his chariots and cavalry.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² But from the sons of Israel, Solomon did not appoint anyone at all to serve, except the men of war, and his ministers, and leaders, and commanders, and the overseers of the chariots and the horses.

1 Kings 9:22 Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:7

Thy neck, is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

Jeremiah 34:14

2 Behold I will command, saith the Lord, and I will bring them again to this city, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Juda a desolation, without an inhabitant.

Leviticus 25:39

4 Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.