1 Kings 9:21

New International Reader's Version

They were children of the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites came. Those people had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. But the Israelites hadn’t been able to kill all of them. Solomon forced them to work very hard as his slaves. And they still work for Israel as slaves to this day.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon forced men from all over Israel to work hard for him. There were 30,000 of them.

1 Kings 9:15

King Solomon forced people to work hard for him. Here is a record of what they did. They built the Lord’s temple and Solomon’s palace. They filled in the low places. They rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. They built up Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:20

There were still many people left in the land who weren’t Israelites. They included Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

1 Chronicles 22:2

David gave orders to bring together the outsiders who were living in Israel. He appointed some of them to cut stones. He wanted them to prepare blocks of stone for building the house of God.

2 Chronicles 8:8

They were children of the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites came. The people of Israel hadn’t destroyed them. Solomon forced them to work very hard as his slaves. And they still work for Israel to this day.

Nehemiah 11:3

Here are the leaders from different parts of the country who made their homes in Jerusalem. Some Israelites, priests and Levites lived in the towns of Judah. So did some temple servants and some members of the family lines of Solomon’s servants. All of them lived on their own property in the towns of Judah.

Nehemiah 7:57

Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the servants of Solomon. Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,

Proverbs 12:24

Hands that work hard will rule. But people who are lazy will be forced to work.

Deuteronomy 20:11

Suppose they accept your offer and open their gates. Then force all the people in the city to be your slaves. They will have to work for you.

Joshua 15:63

Judah couldn’t drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. So they live there with the people of Judah to this day.

Joshua 16:10

The people of Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim to this day. But they are forced to work hard for the people of Ephraim.

Joshua 17:12

But the people of Manasseh weren’t able to take over those towns. That’s because the Canaanites had made up their minds to live in that area.

Joshua 17:13

The Israelites grew stronger. Then they forced the Canaanites to work hard for them. But they didn’t drive them out completely.

Judges 1:21

But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day they live there with the people of Benjamin.

Judges 1:36

The border of the Amorites started at Scorpion Pass. It went to Sela and even past it.

Judges 2:20

So the Lord became very angry with the Israelites. He said, “This nation has broken my covenant. I made it with their people of long ago. But this nation has not listened to me.

Judges 3:1

The Lord left some nations in the land. He left them to test the Israelites who hadn’t lived through any of the wars in Canaan.