1 Kings 9:21 meaning and explanation
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
1 Kings 9:21, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
This verse belongs to the account of Solomon's building projects. The peoples named in the previous verse, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, were Canaanite populations Israel had not fully removed from the land, though Deuteronomy commanded their destruction.
Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.