1 Kings 9:20-22
20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 a their descendants who were left after them in the land b whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction ▼
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That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
— d these Solomon drafted to be e slaves, and so they are to this day. 22 But f 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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