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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Kings 9:22

Comparing this with 1 Kings 5:13, it would seem that a modified service of forced labor for one-third of each year was not regarded as reducing those who were subject to it to the condition of bondmen.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S DEALINGS WITH HIRAM. THE LEVY. The source of this section seems to be the Acts of Solomon (see above). After Solomon had completed his buildings he was obliged to give Hiram cities in Galile...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAKE NO BONDMEN. According to Leviticus 25:39. The levy, of 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 11:28, was. levy for free service. This was for bondservice (1

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondman_ This must be read in the light of chap. 1 Kings 5:13. There we are told of Solomon's levy upon all Israel. But the 30,000 men there spoken o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. SOLOMON AND THE _CORVÉE_ 9:15-25 The second means by which Solomon was able to construct so many buildings was the compulsory labor force. The use of forced labor (Heb. _hammas)_ was mentioned in c...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ALL THE CITIES OF STORE THAT SOLOMON HAD, AND CITIES FOR HIS CHARIOTS, AND CITIES FOR HIS HORSEMEN, AND THAT WHICH SOLOMON DESIRED TO BUILD IN JERUSALEM, AND IN LEBANON, AND IN ALL THE LAND OF HI...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S RESPONSE TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER. SOLOMON AND HIRAM 1. When.. finished] The Temple does not seem to have been dedicated until all the king's buildings were completed, the Temple and Palace being pr...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NO BONDMEN] This apparently means that no native Israelites were permanently compelled to render forced service. But a considerable body of such was temporarily employed upon the construction of the T...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NO BONDMEN. — This exemption, however it may have continued in theory, must virtually have been set aside in the later days of Solomon. (See 1 Kings 12:4.) They are here described as occupying the pos...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִ בְּנֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא ־נָתַ֥ן שְׁלֹמ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PROSPERITY AND WEALTH 1 Kings 9:15 Solomon was a great builder and employed vast numbers of Canaanites, the old inhabitants of the land, as forced laborers. They performed the drudgery, while the Isr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Bondmen. Paralipomenon, To serve in the king's works; for they were warriors, &c. The natural subjects performed the more honourable offices. (Haydock) --- Strangers pay tribute, Matthew xvii. 24. Se...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (15) В¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. (1...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID SOLOMON MAKE NO BONDMEN,.... For that was contrary to the law; they might be hired servants, but not bond servants, Leviticus 25:39 BUT THEY WERE MEN OF WAR; which h...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. Ver. 22. _Did...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bond-men _ He spared them, and did not employ them in any servile labours about his public works, but put them into nobler offices, as it here follows. _...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen, but they were men-of-war, officials of the war department, AND HIS SERVANTS, heads of the civil bureaus, AND HIS PRINCES, chief officers of t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Resources and Power...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 9:22 children H1121 Israel H3478 Solomon H8010 made H5414 (H8804) laborers H5650 men H582 war H4421 servants

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROJECTS (1 KINGS 9:15). The author now links the building of the Temple and the palace complex with a number of other large scale building works in which Solomon engaged,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:10 Solomon’s rule over the surrounding kingdoms, combined with his status in the world in general (1 Kings 4:21), put him in a position to build and dedicate the temple ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:15 THE ACCOUNT OF THE FORCED LABOR. The author clarifies that Solomon used his task force of 30,000 Canaanite laborers (1 Kings 5:1) for the t

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:15. Solomon fortified the border cities especially open to attacks from foes, and carried out building projects for the public health and advantage. The lev...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS AND UNDERTAKINGS.—So far the historian has spoken exclusively of the two greatest works of Solomon's reign, the Temple and the Palace, and principally of the former. Eve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 4:1; 1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Chronicles 8:10;...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How can this verse claim that Solomon did not make forced laborers of the Israelites when 1 Kings 5:13 says he did? PROBLEM: According to 1 Kings 9:22, Solomon did not make forced laborers of the chil...

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