Verse 22

But of the children of Israel dyd Solomon make no bondmen: But they were men of warre, his ministers, his lordes, his captaynes, and rulers of his charettes, and his horsemen.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:39 : 39 If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt:
• 1 Sam 8:11-12 : 11 And he said: This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you, he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets, and make his horsemen of them, to run before his charet. 12 And will make him of the captaines ouer thousandes and ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his grounde, and to gather in his haruest, & to make instrumentes of warre, and thinges that serue for his charets.
• 1 Kgs 4:1-9 : 1 And so king Solomon was king ouer all Israel. 2 And these were his lordes: Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest. 3 Elihozeph and Ahiah the sonnes of Sisa, scribes: Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the hoast: Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes. 5 And Azariahu the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers: And Zabud the sonne of Nathan was a priest, ye kinges companion. 6 And Ahisar was steward of ye houshold: And Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tributes. 7 And Solomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vittayles for the king and his houshold: eche man his moneth in a yere, made prouision for necessarie thinges. 8 And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim, 9 The sonne of Dekar in Makaz and in Saalbin, and Bethsames, Elon, and Bethhanan. 10 The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom parteyned Socho and all the land of Hepher. 11 The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, whiche had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wyfe. 12 Baana the sonne of Ahilud was ouer Thaanach and Megiddo, and ouer all Bethsan, whiche is by Zarthana beneath Iezrael, fro Bethsan to ye plaine of Mehola, euen vnto the place that is ouer against Iecmeam. 13 The sonne of Gaber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse which are in Gilead: and vnder him was the region of Argob whiche is in Basan threescore great cities with walles and barres of brasse. 14 Ahinadab the sonne of Hiddo had Mahenaim. 15 Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim, and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe. 16 Baana the sonne of Husai was in Aser and in Aloth. 17 Iehosaphat the sonne of Paruah was in Isachar. 18 Semei the sonne of Ela was in Beniamin. 19 Gaber the sonne of Uri was in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sehon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Basan, & was officer alone in the lande. 20 And Iuda and Israel were many euen as the sande of the sea in numbre, eating, drincking, and making mery. 21 And Solomon raigned ouer all kingdomes from the riuer vnto the lande of the Philistines, euen vnto the border of Egypt: and they brought presentes, and serued Solomon al the dayes of his life. 22 And Solomons bread for one day was thirtie quarters of manchet flowre, & threescore quarters of meale: 23 Ten stalled oxen, and twentie out of the pastures, and a hundred sheepe, beside hartes, buckes, and wilde goates, and capons. 24 For he ruled in all the region on the other syde Euphrates, from Thiphsah to Azza, ouer al the kinges on the other syde the riuer: And he had peace with all his seruauntes on euery syde. 25 And Iuda and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine and vnder his figgetree, from Danto Beerseba all the dayes of Solomon. 26 And Solomon had fourtie thousand stalles of horses for charettes, & twelue thousande horsemen. 27 And the officers prouided vittayle for king Solomon and for all that came out of any place to king Solomons table, euery man his moneth, so that they lacked nothing.
• 2 Chr 8:9-9 : 9 But of the children of Israel dyd Solomon make no bondemen for his worke: but they were men of warre, and rulers, and great lordes with him, and captaynes ouer his charets and horsemen. 10 And king Solomons officers that ouersawe and ruled the people, were two hundred and fiftie.