2 Chronicles 8:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

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  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
  • Lev 25:39-46 : 39 ¶ And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 [But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: 41 And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
  • 1 Sam 8:11-12 : 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
  • Gal 4:26 : 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
  • Gal 4:31 : 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 9:19-23
    5 verses
    95%

    19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

    20[And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

    21Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

    22But 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.

    23These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

  • 2 Chr 8:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

    7[As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,

    8[But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

  • 2 Chr 8:10
    78%

    10And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

  • 2 Chr 9:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

    25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

    26And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    75%

    26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

    27And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

  • 2 Chr 9:28
    74%

    28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

  • 2 Chr 1:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13¶ Then Solomon came [from his journey] to the high place that [was] at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

    14And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
    74%

    13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots.

    12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

  • 2 Chr 2:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

    18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

  • 2 Chr 12:8
    72%

    8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    72%

    2Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

    16Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which [were] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

  • Song 3:9
    71%

    9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

    29And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
    71%

    27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 2:2
    70%

    2And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

  • 2 Chr 1:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

    17And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    70%

    15¶ And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute.

    7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

  • 1 Chr 29:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

    25And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him [such] royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • Song 3:7
    69%

    7¶ Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10¶ These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

  • 2 Sam 10:19
    69%

    19And when all the kings [that were] servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

  • 1 Chr 19:19
    68%

    19And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

  • 2 Chr 8:15
    68%

    15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
    68%

    17¶ David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],

  • Neh 11:3
    68%

    3Now these [are] the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

  • 2 Sam 8:4
    68%

    4And David took from him a thousand [chariots], and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] an hundred chariots.

  • 1 Kgs 11:2
    68%

    2Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    68%

    1¶ So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 18:17
    68%

    17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the king.