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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 9:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 9:22 |
Strong Concordance |
But of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did Solomon [08010] make [05414] no bondmen [05650]: but they were men [0582] of war [04421], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and his captains [07991], and rulers [08269] of his chariots [07393], and his horsemen [06571]. |
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King James |
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Comparing this with Kg1 5:13-14, it would seem that a modified service of forced labor for one-third of each year was not regarded as reducing those who were subject to it to the condition of bondmen. |
13 And king [04428] Solomon [08010] raised [05927] a levy [04522] out of all Israel [03478]; and the levy [04522] was thirty [07970] thousand [0505] men [0376].
14 And he sent [07971] them to Lebanon [03844], ten [06235] thousand [0505] a month [02320] by courses [02487]: a month [02320] they were in Lebanon [03844], and two [08147] months [02320] at home [01004]: and Adoniram [0141] was over the levy [04522].