2 Chronicles 8:9

New International Reader's Version

But Solomon didn’t force the Israelites to work as his slaves. Instead, some were his fighting men. Others were commanders of his captains, chariots and chariot drivers.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 8:10

Still others were King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 officials in charge of the other men.

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.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem that is above is free. She is our mother.

Galatians 4:31

Brothers and sisters, we are not the slave woman’s children. We are the free woman’s children.