1 Kings 9:21

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The Israelites had not been able to destroy those people. But Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon forced 30,000 men of Israel to help in this work.

1 Kings 9:15

King Solomon forced slaves to work for him to build the temple and the palace. Then King Solomon used these slaves to build many other things. He built the Millo. [124] He also built the city wall around Jerusalem. Then he built again the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:20

There were people in the land that were not Israelites. Those people were the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

1 Chronicles 22:2

David gave an order for all foreigners living in Israel to be gathered together. David chose stonecutters {\cf2\super [232]} from that group of foreigners. Their job was to cut stones ready to be used for building God’s temple. {\cf2\super [233]}

Nehemiah 11:3

Here are the leaders of the provinces that lived in Jerusalem. (Some of the people of Israel, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah. Each person lived on his own land in the different towns.

Nehemiah 7:57

These are the descendants {\cf2\super [31]} of the servants of Solomon:

Proverbs 12:24

People who work hard will be put in charge of other workers. But a lazy person will have to work like a slave.

Deuteronomy 20:11

If they accept your offer and open their gates, then all the people in that city will become your slaves and be forced to work for you.

Joshua 15:63

The army of Judah was not able to force out the Jebusite people living in Jerusalem. So today there are still Jebusite people living among the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

Joshua 17:12

The people of Manasseh were not able to defeat those cities. So the Canaanite people continued to live there.

Joshua 17:13

But the people of Israel grew strong. When this happened, they forced the people of Canaan to work for them. But they did not force the Canaanite people to leave that land.

Judges 1:21

The family group of Benjamin could not force the Jebusite people to leave Jerusalem. So even today, [12] the Jebusite people live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

Judges 1:36

The land of the Amorite people was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and up into the hill country past Sela.