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their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy—of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.
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Verse 21. Day. After the captivity, some were found who had perhaps come from Phœnicia. 1 Ezra 9:1. Solomon reduced the natives of the country to the most abject condition, forcing them to work like slaves. Joseph. 8:6.—Hebrew “upon those, Solomon imposed a tribute of bond-service, until this day.” Bible.—Esdras (1 Calmet. 2:58) calls them who returned from captivity, the children of the servants of Solomon, 392. Their fathers were probably styled proselytes; and were in number, 153,600. See 1 Chronicles 22:2 and 2 Chronicles 2:17. Calmet.
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