1 Kings 9:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ King Solomon also built ·cities for storing grain and supplies [supply centers/cities/towns] and ·cities for [towns to station] his chariots and horses. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and everywhere he ruled.

²⁰ There were other people in the land who were not ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]—Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ²¹ They were descendants of people that the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] had ·not destroyed [been unable to completely exterminate]. Solomon ·forced them to work for him as slaves [conscripted them for forced/slave labor], as is still true today.