1 Kings 9:20-22
9:20 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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9:21 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.
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9:22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews;
3 the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.
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1 Kings 9:2
9:2 the
Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
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1 Kings 2:17-18
2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”
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2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine,
7 I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”
1 Kings 8:7-9
8:7 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.
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8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point.
9 They have remained there to this very day.
8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.
10 It was there that
11 the
Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Ezra 2:58
2:58 All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.
Nehemiah 7:57
7:57 The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
Nehemiah 7:60
7:60 All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.
1 tn Heb “all the people who were left from the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not from the sons of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a crew of labor to this day.”
3 sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.
4 tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”
5 sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.
6 tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”
7 tn Heb “[It is] good!”
8 sn And its poles. These poles were used to carry the ark. See Exod 25:13-15.
9 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
10 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
11 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”