2 Chronicles 8:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But of the Israelites Solomon made no slaves for his work; but they were men of war, chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

Common English Bible

⁹ However, Solomon didn’t force the Israelites to work as slaves; instead, they became warriors, chief officers, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ But he did not appoint anyone from the sons of Israel to serve in the works of the king. For they were men of war, and first rulers, and commanders of his chariots and horsemen.

2 Chronicles 8:9 Cross References

Galatians 4:31

Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

2 Chronicles 8:8

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.

2 Chronicles 8:10

And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people,