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Did King Solomon make the Israelites his servants?

Did King Solomon make the Israelites his servants?

Initial we are told that King Solomon used the descendants of the conquered tribes as his servants to build his cities and other works

1 Kings 9:22 NKJV

22 But of the children of Israel Solomon made no forced laborers, because they we…

Evidence that Shallum is king Jehoahaz?

In 1 Chronicles 3:15 we find a list of king Josiah’s four sons:

The sons of Josiah:
Johanan the firstborn,
Jehoiakim the second son,
Zedekiah the third,
Shallum the fourth.

Then in Jeremiah 22:11-12

or this is what the Lord says about S…

Is it "King of the Jews" or "King of the Judeans?"

Is it "King of the Jews" or "King of the Judeans?"

Matthew 27:37 says this was written on the cross, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” There is a lot of prejudice toward the word ‘Jew.’ I would like to know if the oldest bibles actually said “Jews” or “Judeans.” Thank you in advance. …