Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
But they were men
Bible References
Of the children
Leviticus 25:39
‘If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
But they were men
1 Kings 4:1
Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.
1 Samuel 8:11
He said, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.
2 Chronicles 8:9
But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.