1 Kings 9:22

וּמִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא ־ נָתַן שְׁלֹמֹה עָבֶד כִּי ־ הֵם אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַעֲבָדָיו וְשָׂרָיו וְשָׁלִשָׁיו וְשָׂרֵי רִכְבּוֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21בְּנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר נֹתְרוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַֽחֲרִימָם וַיַּעֲלֵם שְׁלֹמֹה לְמַס ־ עֹבֵד עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃

23אֵלֶּה ׀ שָׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים אֲשֶׁר עַל ־ הַמְּלָאכָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה חֲמִשִּׁים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת הָרֹדִים בָּעָם הָעֹשִׂים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:39וְכִֽי ־ יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ וְנִמְכַּר ־ לָךְ לֹא ־ תַעֲבֹד בּוֹ עֲבֹדַת עָֽבֶד ׃

1 Kings 4:1וַֽיְהִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה מֶלֶךְ עַל ־ כָּל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס

Song of Solomon 3:7הִנֵּה מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה שִׁשִּׁים גִּבֹּרִים סָבִיב לָהּ מִגִּבֹּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 9:16-28

Solomon's Buildings; Solomon's Greatness. ( b. c. 991.) 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord , and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, 18 And Baalath, and… Read the whole commentary →

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