their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is still this way today.
On that day he made them woodcutters and water-carriers #– #as they are today #– #for the community and for the Lord’s altar at the place he would choose.
Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants accompanied him to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral families and their lineage were Israelite:
I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned livestock #– #large herds and flocks #– #more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.