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Solomons Servants
Open directlySmith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(Children OF). (Ezra 2:55,58; Nehemiah 7:57,60) The persons thus named appear in the lists of the exiles who returned from the captivity. They were the descendants of the Canaanites who were reduced by Solomon to the helot state, and compelled to labor in the king’s stone-quarries and in building his palaces and cities. (1 Kings 5:13,14; 9:20,21; 2 Chronicles 8:7,8) They appear to have formed a distinct order, inheriting probably the same functions and the same skill as their ancestors.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SOLOMON'S SER'VANTS. Their descendants are mentioned in Ezr 2:55, Ps 57:58; Neh 7:57, Neh 7:60. These "servants" were probably his slaves, but they had been converted, and their connection, although enforced, with the construction of the temple and the other splendid structures of Solomon, gave their children a certain standing.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SOLOMON'S SER'VANTS. Their descendants are mentioned in Ezr 2:55, Ps 57:58; Neh 7:57, Neh 7:60. These "servants" were probably his slaves, but they had been converted, and their connection, although enforced, with the construction of the temple and the other splendid structures of Solomon, gave their children a certain standing.