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As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel;
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Solomon's Forced Labor
This verse identifies the non-Israelite peoples who remained in the land after the conquest. Commentators explain that these groups—the Hittites, Amorites, and others—were conscripted by King Solomon for forced labor to accomplish his extensive building projects, a detail also recorded in 1 Kings 9.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
(b) THE FORCED LABOUR OF THE CANAANITES(2 Chronicles 8:7–10)
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 8:6).
Presbyterian
It sometimes requires more wisdom and resolution to govern a family in the fear of God than to govern a kingdom with reputation. The difficulty is …
