2 Chronicles 8:8

8 from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon drafted ¹as forced labor, and so they are to this day.

2 Chronicles 8:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:8

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 8:6).

2 Chronicles 8:8 In-Context

6 and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

7 All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

8 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.

9 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.

10 And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.

Cross References

• 1. 8:8 ch. 10:18; 1 Kgs. 4:6; 9:21; 12:18; [Josh. 16:10]