1 Kings 9:17-23

New International Version

¹⁷ And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,^{(A) 18} Baalath,^(B) and Tadmor^[a] in the desert, within his land, ¹⁹ as well as all his store cities^(C) and the towns for his chariots^(D) and for his horses^[b]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

²⁰ There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites,^(E) Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites^(F) (these peoples were not Israelites). ²¹ Solomon conscripted the descendants^(G) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate^[c](H)—to serve as slave labor,^(I) as it is to this day. ²² But Solomon did not make slaves^(J) of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers. ²³ They were also the chief officials^(K) in charge of Solomon’s projects—550 officials supervising those who did the work.