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2 Chronicles 8:7
As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s administrative and construction activities in his kingdom. The passage identifies the non-Israelite populations still inhabiting the conquered territories.
The words — הַ/נּוֹתָ֨ר (ha./no.Tar) translates literally as “which/ remained,” marking the surviving groups that were not eliminated during the initial conquest.
The thread — This specific list of surviving nations tracks across Genesis 15:18, Deuteronomy 7:1, and 1 Kings 9:20 to document the uneliminated populations within Israel’s borders.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to note the explicit distinction between Israelites and the non-Israelite remnant, which directly explains the demographic source of Solomon’s forced labor force.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
Cross-references
- Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
- 1 Kings 9:20 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—