Lièwángjìshang 9:21

21 Jiù shì Yǐsèliè rén bùnéng miè jǐn de , Suǒluómén tiǎ qǔ tāmende hòuyì zuò fú kǔ de núpú , zhídào jīnrì .

Lièwángjìshang 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:21

Their children that were left after them in the land
The posterity of those left unsubdued in the times of Joshua:

whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy;
in later times, though now it is thought by some it was not for want of power, but because they had made a covenant with them, as the Gibeonites did, and therefore they could not, because it would have been a breach of covenant to have destroyed them; see ( 2 Chronicles 8:8 ) ,

upon these did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service unto this day;
not a tribute of money, which being poor they were not able to pay, but of service, and which being once laid on was continued, and even to the time of the writing of this book.

Lièwángjìshang 9:21 In-Context

19 Yòu jiànzào suǒyǒude jī huò chéng , bìng tún chē hé mǎ bīng de chéng , yǔ Yēlùsǎlĕng , Lìbānèn , yǐjí zìjǐ zhìlǐ de quán guó zhōng suǒ yuàn jiànzào de .

20 Zhìyú guó zhōng suǒ shèngxia bù shǔ Yǐsèliè rén de Yàmólìrén , Hèrén , Bǐlìxǐrén , Xīwèirén , Yēbùsīrén ,

21 Jiù shì Yǐsèliè rén bùnéng miè jǐn de , Suǒluómén tiǎ qǔ tāmende hòuyì zuò fú kǔ de núpú , zhídào jīnrì .

22 Wéiyǒu Yǐsèliè rén , Suǒluómén bú shǐ tāmen zuò núpú , nǎi shì zuò tāde zhànshì , chénpú , Tǒng lǐng , jūnzhǎng , chē bīng cháng , mǎ bīng cháng .

23 Suǒluómén yǒu wǔ bǎi wǔ shí dū gōng de , jiān guǎn gōngrén .