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[Peter_Kirk AT sil.org]

He didn't "hire" them, surely, he imposed this forced labour on them - 
something which was traditional for non-Israelites living within the 
borders of Israel (compare Joshua 9:27, 1 Kings 9:20-22) but not for 
free-born Israelites. Later Solomon broke this tradition, though only 
for one month periods of service (1 Kings 5:13-14), and started to 
stoke up the resentment which led to the assassination of the forced 
labour supervisor (1 Kings 12:18) and the rebellion of the northern 
tribes.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: workmen I Chronicles 22:2
Author:  a.c.smith AT juno.com at internet
Date:    23/12/1998 05:13


Why does David hire only foreigners as stone-cutters?

cf. I Kings 5 and 6

- Andy Smith

a.c.smith AT juno.com

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