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15 He saw that a resting-place was good,
    and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
    and (A)became a servant at forced labour.

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15 When he sees how good is his resting place
    and how pleasant is his land,(A)
he will bend his shoulder to the burden(B)
    and submit to forced labor.(C)

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15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

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21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[a](C)these Solomon drafted to be (D)slaves, and so they are to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(A) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[a](B)—to serve as slave labor,(C) as it is to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

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