However, during the construction of Jehovah’s temple, while foreigners were subjected to slavish forced labor, “there were none of the sons of Israel that Solomon constituted slaves; for they were the warriors and his servants and his princes and his adjutants and chiefs of his charioteers and of his horsemen. ” ​ — 1 Kings 9: 22.
ח ’: 4 – 17‏). עם זאת, בבניית מקדש יהוה היו הנוכרים נתונים לעבודות כפייה, ואילו ” מבני ישראל לא נתן שלמה עבד; כי הם אנשי המלחמה ועבדיו ושריו ושלישיו ושרי רכבו ופרשיו ” (‏ מלכים א ’. ט ’: 22‏) .‏