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1 Kings 9:21
English Standard Version
1 Kings 9:21
English Standard Version
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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- 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
1 Kings 9:21
New International Version
1 Kings 9:21
New International Version
21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(A) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[a](B)—to serve as slave labor,(C) as it is to this day.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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