⁸ Solomon conscripted^(A) the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

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.

¹⁰ They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.^(A)

¹³ King Solomon conscripted laborers^(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men. ¹⁴ He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram^(B) was in charge of the forced labor.

²¹ The Benjamites, however, did not drive out^(A) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;^(B) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

²² Now the tribes of Joseph^(C) attacked Bethel,^(D) and the Lord was with them. ²³ When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),^{(E) 24} the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.^(F)” ²⁵ So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared^(G) the man and his whole family. ²⁶ He then went to the land of the Hittites,^(H) where he built a city and called it Luz,^(I) which is its name to this day.

²⁷ But Manasseh did not^(J) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor^(K) or Ibleam^(L) or Megiddo^(M) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites^(N) were determined to live in that land. ²⁸ When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.^{(O) 29} Nor did Ephraim^(P) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,^(Q) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.^{(R) 30} Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. ³¹ Nor did Asher^(S) drive out those living in Akko or Sidon^(T) or Ahlab or Akzib^(U) or Helbah or Aphek^(V) or Rehob.^{(W) 32} The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. ³³ Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh^(X) or Beth Anath^(Y); but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. ³⁴ The Amorites^(Z) confined the Danites^(AA) to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.^{(AB) 35} And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,^(AC) Aijalon^(AD) and Shaalbim,^(AE) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. ³⁶ The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass^(AF) to Sela^(AG) and beyond.^(AH)

¹³ However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.^(A)

¹⁷ Solomon took a census of all the foreigners^(A) residing in Israel, after the census^(B) his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. ¹⁸ He assigned^(C) 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.