19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

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19 as well as all his store cities(A) and the towns for his chariots(B) and for his horses[a]—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,(C) Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(D) (these peoples were not Israelites). 21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(E) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[b](F)—to serve as slave labor,(G) as it is to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:19 Or charioteers
  2. 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.