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As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel;
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The Unfinished Conquest
Commentators explain that the peoples listed were the remaining inhabitants of Canaan whom Israel had not driven out during the conquest. Solomon's use of them for forced labor was not a new policy but the formal organization of a practice that had existed inconsistently since the time of Joshua and the Judges. This solidified Israel's dominance over these groups.
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19th Century
Anglican
A tribute of bond service. This was probably not originated, but simply enforced and organized, by Solomon. It dated, in theory at…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites
Presbyterian
Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began correctly, for he built God's house first and finished it before he began his own. Then …
