Then King Solomon drafted forced labourers from all Israel; the labour force numbered thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 9:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is still this way today. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon made a forced levy of slaves to this day. American Standard Version (1901) their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day. Common English Bible that is, the descendants of such people who were still in the land because the Israelites weren’t able to wipe them out—Solomon forced into the labor gangs that are still in existence today. Catholic Public Domain Version their sons, who had remained in the land, namely, those whom the sons of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary, even to this day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their children, that were left in the land, to wit, such as the children of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary unto this day. |
Then King Solomon drafted forced labourers from all Israel; the labour force numbered thirty thousand men.
This is the account of the forced labour that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
As for all the peoples who remained of the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites #– #
So David gave orders to gather the resident foreigners that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.
their descendants who remained in the land after them, those the Israelites had not completely destroyed #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is this way today.
These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns #– #the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants #– #
The descendants of Solomon’s servants included Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants, Perida’s descendants,
The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labour.
If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, all the people found in it will become forced labourers for you and serve you.
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites still live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah today.
However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are forced labourers.
The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labour on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.
At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.
The territory of the Amorites extended from the Scorpions’ Ascent, that is from Sela upwards.
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he declared, ‘Because this nation has violated my covenant that I made with their ancestors and disobeyed me,
These are the nations the Lord left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan.