2 Chronicles 8:8

God's Word

but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still ⌞slaves⌟ today.)

Cross References

1 Kings 4:6

Ahishar was in charge of the palace. Adoniram, son of Abda, was in charge of forced labor.

1 Kings 9:10

It took Solomon 20 years to build the two houses (the Lord’s house and the royal palace).

1 Kings 9:21

but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still ⌞slaves⌟ today.)

2 Chronicles 2:16

We will cut all the lumber you need in Lebanon. Then we will make rafts out of it and send them to you in Joppa by sea. You can take it ⌞from there⌟ to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 8:9

But Solomon didn’t make any of the Israelites slaves for his projects. Instead, they were the soldiers, officers, generals, and commanders of his chariot and cavalry units.

Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the people as the Lord had told them.

Joshua 16:10

However, they did not force out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are required to do forced labor.

Joshua 17:13

When the Israelites became strong enough, they made the Canaanites do forced labor, since they didn’t force all of them out.