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.
These were the officers in charge of King Solomon’s projects: 250 foremen for the people who did the work.
but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still ⌞slaves⌟ today.)
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Brothers and sisters, we are not children of a slave woman but of the free woman.