their sons left behind them in the land, whom the sons of Israel had not been able to exterminate, Solomon even caused to go on them a burden of forced labor to this day.
And these were they who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan and Immer (but they were not able to declare their father’s house and their seed, whether they were of Israel):
And of the sons of Israel went up some of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the templeslaves to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
I bought male slaves and female slaves, and the sons of the house were mine. Also livestock, a herd and a great flock were mine, above all that were before me in Jerusalem.
And on that day Joshua made them woodcutters, and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah at the place which He should choose, to this day.