1 Kings 9:20

20 And all the peoples that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the sons of Israel,

1 Kings 9:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:20

And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites
Who were not destroyed in the times of Joshua, or since, but dwelt in several cities of the land of Israel from those times; see ( Judges 1:1 ) , which were not of the children of Israel; not natives of the land of Israel, though they might be proselytes, at least some of them.

1 Kings 9:20 In-Context

18 and Baalath and Tadmor in the land of the wilderness,

19 likewise 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 peoples that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the sons of Israel,

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

22 But of the sons of Israel, Solomon did not impose service, but they were men of war, or his slaves or his princes or his captains or rulers of his chariots or his horsemen.