1 Kings 9:21

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

Cross References

Judges 1:21

The tribe of Benjamin could not force the Jebusites to leave Jerusalem. So even today, the Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

Joshua 17:12

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

Joshua 15:63

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

Nehemiah 11:3

Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the various towns throughout Judah. These all lived on property they owned in these towns. But the area leaders lived in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 7:57

These are the descendants of the servants of Solomon: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,

1 Kings 9:15

King Solomon forced slaves to work for him to build the Temple and his palace. Then he used these slaves to build many other things. He built the Millo and the city wall around Jerusalem. Then he rebuilt the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 5:13

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

Judges 2:20

So the Lord became angry with the Israelites, and he said, “This nation has broken the agreement that I made with their ancestors. They have not listened to me.

Deuteronomy 20:11

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

Joshua 17:13

But the Israelites grew strong. When this happened, they forced the Canaanites to work for them. But they did not force them to leave that land.

Judges 3:1

The Lord did not force all the other nations to leave Israel’s land. He wanted to test the Israelites. None of the Israelites living at this time had fought in the wars to take the land of Canaan. So he let those other nations stay in their country. (He did this to teach the Israelites who had not fought in those wars.) These are the nations the Lord left in the land:

1 Kings 9:20

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

1 Chronicles 22:2

David gave an order for all foreigners living in Israel to be gathered together. He chose stonecutters from that group of foreigners. Their job was to cut stones ready to be used for building God’s Temple.

Proverbs 12:24

Those who work hard will be put in charge of others, but lazy people will have to work like slaves.

Joshua 16:10

But the Ephraimites were not able to force the Canaanites to leave the town of Gezer. So the Canaanites still live among the Ephraimites today, although they did become slaves of the Ephraimites.

Judges 1:36

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