1 Kings 9:20
in 1 Kings 9As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel;
KJV
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
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This verse in 1 Kings 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,.... Who were not destroyed in the times of Joshua, or since, but dwelt in several cities of the land of Israel from those times; see Jdg 1:1, which were not of the children of Israel; not natives of the land of Israel, though they might be proselytes, at least some of them.
This site's exposition
which were not of the children of Israel
on 1 Kings 9:20-23
The peoples left from Joshua's conquest, Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite and Jebusite, become Solomon's labor force, a tribute of bondservice that Israel itself is spared; Matthew Henry reads it against Genesis 9's word on Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Israelites instead stand as men of war, servants, princes, captains and rulers over chariots and horsemen, and five hundred and fifty chief officers oversee the whole work. Wesley notes the destruction command of Deuteronomy 7:2 had chiefly concerned the generation that entered the land, which is why bondservice rather than conquest meets these descendants generations later.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Herein he observed God's law ( Lev. xxv. 44 , Thy bondmen shall be of the heathen ), and fulfilled Noah's curse upon Canaan, A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren, Gen. ix.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
this is the reason of the levy--A levy refers both to men and money, and the necessity for Solomon making it arose from the many gigantic works he undertook to erect.
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The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֠עָם | haom | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַנּוֹתָ֨ר | hanotar | which remained | H3498 → | 106 times |
| מִן־ | min- | of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֜י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| הַחִתִּ֤י | hachiti | the Hittite[s] | H2850 → | 48 times |
| הַפְּרִזִּי֙ | haperizi | the Perizzite[s] | H6522 → | |
| הַחִוִּ֣י | hachivi | the Hivite[s] | H2340 → | |
| וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י | vehayvusi | and the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מִבְּנֵ֥י | mibenei | [were] of [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הֵֽמָּה׃ | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֠עָםthe people
haomH5971 →1873 times
הַנּוֹתָ֨רwhich remained
hanotarH3498 →106 times
מִן־of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֜יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
הַחִתִּ֤יthe Hittite[s]
hachitiH2850 →48 times
הַפְּרִזִּי֙the Perizzite[s]
haperiziH6522 →
הַחִוִּ֣יthe Hivite[s]
hachiviH2340 →
וְהַיְבוּסִ֔יand the Jebusite[s]
vehayvusiH2983 →
אֲשֶׁ֛רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
מִבְּנֵ֥י[were] of [the] people of
mibeneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הֵֽמָּה׃they
hemahH1992 →553 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 23:23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Isaiah 5:13
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
- Genesis 15:19–21
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
- Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Exodus 23:20
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.