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20 All of the people who were remaining from the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites who were not of the Israelites,[a] 21 their children who remained after them in the land, whom the Israelites[b] were not able to completely destroy, Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, until this very day. 22 But from the Israelites[c] Solomon did not make a slave, but they were the men of war, his officers, his commanders, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. 1 Kings 9:21 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. 1 Kings 9:22 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Per′izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb′usites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly—these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day. 22 But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.

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