16. (In the past the king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. After burning it, he killed the Canaanites who lived there. Then he gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who married Solomon.
17. So Solomon rebuilt it.) He also built the cities of Lower Beth Horon
18. and Baalath, as well as Tadmor, which is in the desert.
19. King Solomon also built cities for storing grain and supplies and cities for his chariots and horses. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and everywhere he ruled.
20. There were other people in the land who were not Israelites—Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
21. They were descendants of people that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves, as is still true today.
22. But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites. They were his soldiers, government leaders, officers, captains, chariot commanders, and drivers.