This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer
Judges 1:29 - New Revised Standard Version And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. American Standard Version (1901) And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Common English Bible The tribe of Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites kept on living there with them. Catholic Public Domain Version And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ephraim also did not slay the Chanaanite that dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him. |
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it down, had killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife;
Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, leaving him no survivors.
They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not in fact drive them out.
Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.