1 Kings 9:21

Conservative English Version

(SEE 9:20)

Cross References

1 Kings 5:13

Solomon ordered thirty thousand people from all over Israel to cut logs for the temple,

1 Kings 9:15

After Solomon's workers had finished the temple and the palace, he ordered them to fill in the land on the east side of Jerusalem, to build a wall around the city, and to rebuild the towns of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:20

Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. They were his soldiers, officials, leaders, commanders, chariot captains, and chariot drivers. But he did make slaves of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites could not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves.

1 Chronicles 22:2

David ordered the foreigners living in Israel to come to Jerusalem. Then he assigned some to cut blocks of stone for building the temple.

2 Chronicles 8:8

(SEE 8:7)

Nehemiah 11:3

Some of the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple workers, and the descendants of Solomon's servants lived on their own property in the towns of Judah. But the leaders of the province lived in Jerusalem with their families.

Nehemiah 7:57

Here are the names of Solomon's servants whose descendants returned: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.

Proverbs 12:24

Work hard, and you will be a leader; be lazy, and you will end up a slave.

Deuteronomy 20:11

(SEE 20:10)

Joshua 15:63

The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.

Joshua 16:10

Ephraim could not force the Canaanites out of Gezer, so there are still some Canaanites who live there among the Israelites. But now these Canaanites have to work as slaves for the Israelites.

Joshua 17:12

But the people of Manasseh could not capture these towns, so the Canaanites kept on living in them.

Joshua 17:13

When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites in these towns work as their slaves, though they never did force them to leave.

Judges 1:21

The Jebusites were living in Jerusalem, and the Benjamin tribe did not defeat them or capture the town. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Benjamin.

Judges 1:36

The old Amorite-Edomite border used to go from Sela through Scorpion Pass into the hill country.

Judges 2:20

The LORD was angry with Israel and said: The Israelites have broken the agreement I made with their ancestors. They won't obey me,

Judges 3:1

And the LORD had another reason for letting these enemies stay. The Israelites needed to learn how to fight in war, just as their ancestors had done. Each new generation would have to learn by fighting