21 that is, their descendants (A)who were left in the land after them, (B)whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely—(C)from these Solomon raised (D)forced labor, as it is to this day.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.