2Ch 8:7-9 | JFB | STEP | 7. all the people that were left, &c.-- The descendants of the Canaanites who remained in the country were treated as war prisoners, being obliged to "pay tribute or to serve as galley slaves" ( ), while the Israelites were employed in no works but such as were of an honorable character.

‏ 2 Chronicles 8:7-9

7. all the people that were left, &c.--The descendants of the Canaanites who remained in the country were treated as war prisoners, being obliged to "pay tribute or to serve as galley slaves" (2Ch 2:18), while the Israelites were employed in no works but such as were of an honorable character.