1 Koningen 9:22

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Maar uit de Israelieten maakte Salomo niemand tot knecht; want zij waren zijn krijgslieden, dienaren, oversten, keurlingen, bevelhebbers van strijdwagens en ruiterij.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Doch van de kinderen Israls maakte hij geen knechten, maar liet hen krijgslieden, hofbeambten, vorsten, hoofdmannen en oversten zijner wagens en ruiters zijn.

Staten Vertaling
Doch van de kinderen Israels maakte Salomo geen slaaf; maar zij waren krijgslieden, en zijn knechten, en zijn vorsten, en zijn hoofdlieden, en de oversten zijner wagenen, en zijner ruiteren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

of the children: Leviticus 25:39

but they were men: 1 Kings 4:1-27, 1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:12, 2 Chronicles 8:9, 2 Chronicles 8:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries 1 Kings 11:26 - Solomon's servant 1 Kings 12:4 - our yoke 1 Chronicles 12:18 - captains of the band 2 Chronicles 10:4 - grievous Song of Solomon 3:7 - threescore Jeremiah 34:14 - At the

Gill's Notes on the 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 he kept in pay, a standing army, maintained even in time of peace, in case of necessity, should an enemy attempt to invade or surprise them:

and his servants; in his family and court, who had offices and employments there:

and his princes; ministers of state, counsellors, governors of cities, c.

and his captains officers in his army:

and rulers of his chariots and his horsemen; war chariots and troopers; see 1 Kings 9:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Comparing this with 1 Kings 5:13-14, 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.