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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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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 8:7–10
19th Century
Bishop
(b) THE FORCED LABOUR OF THE CANAANITES
(2 Chronicles 8:7–10)
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John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 8:7
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 8:6).
Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 8:1–18
17th Century
Minister
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 …