Verse 15

King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, David, and Hiram had always been a friend of David.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:20-22 : 20 All the people who were left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites— 21 their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day. 22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites; they were his soldiers, servants, officials, commanders, captains, and commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
  • 2 Chr 2:17-17 : 17 He assigned seventy thousand of them as burden-bearers, eighty thousand as stonecutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as supervisors to oversee the work.
  • 2 Chr 8:7-9 : 7 All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites, 8 their descendants who remained in the land because the Israelites had not completely destroyed them—Solomon conscripted these people for forced labor, as they remain to this day. 9 But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites slaves for his work; instead, they served as soldiers, commanders of his officers, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.
  • Ezra 2:58 : 58 The total number of the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon was three hundred ninety-two.
  • Neh 7:57 : 57 The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, and the descendants of Perida.
  • Neh 7:60 : 60 The total number of the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants was 392.