But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bondmen. Paralipomenon, To serve in the king's works; for they were warriors The natural subjects performed the more honourable offices. (Haydock)
Strangers pay tribute, Matthew xvii. 24. Sesostris, king of Egypt, caused many temples to be erected after his expeditions, with this inscription: "No native laboured at them. "(Diodorus i.)
