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from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed--these Solomon drafted as forced labor, and so they are to this day.
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But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen.
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And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.
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Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the LORD has come are holy."
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Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD that he had built before the vestibule,
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