Foreigners Enslaved to Build Temples

There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.  These were descendants of the nations that Israel had not completely destroyed.  So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve in the labor force to this day.  But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for forced labor.  Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, government officials, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.  He also appointed 550 of them to supervise the various projects.  (1 Kings 9:20-23 NLT)