20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[a](C)these Solomon drafted to be (D)slaves, and so they are to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

17 Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, (A)after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600.

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