Comparing this with 1 Kings 5:13–14, it would seem that a modified service of forced labor for one-third of each year was not regarded …

No slaves. This exemption, however it may have continued in theory, must virtually have been set aside in the later days of Solomo…

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen ,
&c.] For that was contrary to the law; they might be hir…

Here is a further account of Solomon's greatne . He began correctly, for he built God's house first and finished it before he began his own. Then G…