2 Chronicles 8:1-9

1At the end of twenty years during which Solomon had built the Lord’s temple and his own palace —

2Solomon had rebuilt the cities Hiram gave him and settled Israelites there —

3Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

4He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.

5He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon  — fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars  —

6Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.

7As for all the peoples who remained of the Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not from Israel  —

8their descendants who remained in the land after them, those the Israelites had not completely destroyed — Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is this way today.

9But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to be slaves for his work; they were soldiers, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.