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2 Chronicles 8:8

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that is, those of their descendants that were left after them in the land, whom Bnei-Yisrael did not destroy—these Solomon conscripted for forced labor, as it is to this day.

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Ahishar, in charge of the household; Adoniram son of Abda in charge of the forced labor.

Now at the end of 20 years during which Solomon had built the two houses—Adonai’s House and the royal palace—

even their children who remained in the land after them whom the children of Israel were not able to destroy utterly, on them Solomon imposed forced labor until this day.

Solomon counted all the foreign men in the land of Israel, like the census that his father David had taken, and 153,600 were found.

But Solomon did not make slaves of Bnei-Yisrael for his work. Rather, they were his soldiers, his chief officers and commanders of his chariots and horsemen.

They did not destroy the peoples, as Adonai had commanded them.

But they did not drive out the Canaanites that were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and became forced laborers.

But when Bnei-Yisrael became stronger, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly dispossess them.




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