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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 9:20

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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9:20-23 Solomon’s conscripted slaves were made up of early Canaanite settlers; 550 chief supervisors, of whom 250 were Israelites, superintended the forced laborers (2 Chr 8:9-10; see 1 Kgs 5:15-16 with 2 Chr 2:17-18).
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