1 Raja-raja 4:6

4:6 Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. ¹ 

Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of ²  the work crews. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 5:13

5:13 King Solomon conscripted ⁴  work crews ⁵  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

1 Raja-raja 9:21

9:21 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. ⁶ 

Yesaya 14:2

14:2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. ⁷  They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

Yesaya 31:8

31:8 Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; ⁸ 

a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. ⁹ 

They will run away from this sword ¹⁰ 

and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “over the house.”

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “was over.”

[4:6]  ³ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “raised up.”

[5:13]  ⁵ sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a crew of labor to this day.”

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the house of Jacob will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.”

[31:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man.”

[31:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “and a sword not of humankind will devour him.”

[31:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he will flee for himself from before a sword.”