1 Kings 9:20-21

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

21 ¹their descendants who were left after them in the land, ²whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction^[a]— ³these Solomon drafted to be ⁴slaves, and so they are to this day.

1 Kings 9:20-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Cross References

• 1. 9:21 [Judg. 1:21, 27, 29; 3:1]
• 2. 9:21 [Josh. 15:63; 17:12]
• 3. 9:21 Judg. 1:28
• 4. 9:21 Ezra 2:55-58; Neh. 7:57-60; 11:3

Footnotes

• [a] 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)