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21 their descendants who were still left in the land, whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely—these Solomon conscripted for slave labor, and so they are to this day.(A)

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21 But the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived in Jerusalem among the Benjaminites to this day.(A)

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12 Yet the Manassites could not take possession of those towns, but the Canaanites continued to live in that land.(A)

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63 But the people of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.(A)

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25 he said,

“Cursed be Canaan;
    lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”(A)

26 He also said,

“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem,
    and let Canaan be his slave.(B)

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These are the leaders of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the towns of Judah all lived on their property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.(A)

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57 The descendants of Solomon’s servants: of Sotai, of Sophereth, of Perida,(A)

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55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,(A) 56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.

58 All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants were three hundred ninety-two.(B)

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34 They did not destroy the peoples,
    as the Lord had commanded them,(A)
35 but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.(B)
36 They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.(C)

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Other Acts of Solomon

15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer(A)

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13 King Solomon conscripted forced labor out of all Israel; the levy numbered thirty thousand men.

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20 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, “Because this nation has transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors and have not obeyed my voice,(A) 21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.”(B) 22 In order to test Israel, whether or not they would take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their ancestors did,(C) 23 the Lord had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.

Nations Remaining in the Land

Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of war in Canaan(D) (it was only for successive generations of Israelites, to teach war to those who had no experience of it): the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.(E) They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord that he commanded their ancestors by Moses.(F)

27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of[a] Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, but the Canaanites continued to live in that land.(A) 28 When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not in fact drive them out.

29 And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.(B)

30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol, but the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor.

31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Mahalab,[b] or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob,(C) 32 but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.

33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth-anath but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them.

34 The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country; they did not allow them to come down to the plain.(D) 35 The Amorites continued to live in Har-heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.27 Heb lacks the inhabitants of
  2. 1.31 Cn: Heb Ahlab

16 The tribe of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, yet all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”(A) 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are indeed a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only, 18 but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders, for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong.”

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