and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labor.

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Ahishar—palace administrator;(A)

Adoniram(B) son of Abda—in charge of forced labor.(C)

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21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the sons of Israel were unable to completely eliminate, (C)from them Solomon conscripted (D)forced laborers, as they are to this day.

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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.