1 Kings 9:22

However, Solomon did not force Israelis into conscripted labor, but they did serve as his soldiers, servants, princes, captains, chariot commanders, and cavalry.

Leviticus 25:39

"If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave.

1 Samuel 8:11-12

He said, "This is how the king who rules over you will operate: He will conscript your sons and assign them to his chariots. He will conscript them as his horsemen, and they'll run in front of his chariots.

1 Kings 4:1-27

And so King Solomon ruled over all of Israel.

2 Chronicles 8:9-10

However, Solomon never made conscripted laborers from among the Israelis, but they did serve as his army, as his chief captains, and as commanders in charge of his chariots and cavalry.

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Summary

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

Of the children

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Of the children

Leviticus 25:39
"If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave.

But they were men

1 Kings 4:1
And so King Solomon ruled over all of Israel.
1 Samuel 8:11
He said, "This is how the king who rules over you will operate: He will conscript your sons and assign them to his chariots. He will conscript them as his horsemen, and they'll run in front of his chariots.
2 Chronicles 8:9
However, Solomon never made conscripted laborers from among the Israelis, but they did serve as his army, as his chief captains, and as commanders in charge of his chariots and cavalry.

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