1 Kings 9:20-22
20All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 atheir descendants who were left after them in the land, bwhom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction ▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
— dthese Solomon drafted to be eslaves, and so they are to this day. 22But fof the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.
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