18. Baalath, Tadmor in the desert (inside the country), and
19. all the storage cities that he owned. He also built cities for his chariots, cities for his war horses, and whatever ⌊else⌋ he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or the entire territory that he governed.
20. The Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had been left ⌊in the land⌋ because the Israelites had not been able to claim them for God by destroying them. They were not Israelites,
21. but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still ⌊slaves⌋ today.)
22. But Solomon didn’t make any of the Israelites slaves. Instead, they were soldiers, officials, officers, generals, and commanders of his chariot and cavalry units.
23. These were the officers in charge of Solomon’s projects: 550 foremen for the people who did the work.