1 Raja-raja 9:20-23

9:20 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ¹  9:21 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. ²  9:22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; ³  the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ⁴  9:23 These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ⁵ 

[9:20]  ¹ tn Heb “all the people who were left from the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not from the sons of Israel.”

[9:21]  ² tn Heb “their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a crew of labor to this day.”

[9:22]  ³ sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.

[9:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

[9:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who were over the work belonging to Solomon, five hundred fifty, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”