歷代志下8:7-10

 

8:7 至於國中所剩下不屬以色列人的赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，

8:8 就是以色列人未曾滅絕的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕，直到今日。

8:9 惟有以色列人，所羅門不使他們當奴僕做工，乃是作他的戰士、軍長的統領、車兵長、馬兵長。

8:10 所羅門王有二百五十督工的，監管工人。

⁷ There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). ⁸ Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. ⁹ But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. ¹⁰ They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.

 

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    所羅門原則上還是優待以色列人，使以色列人作他的戰士、軍長的統領、車兵長、馬兵長，不使他們當奴僕做工。

    從前的迦南人：赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，就是以色列人未曾滅絕的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕。