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.
Akan tetapi, selama pembangunan bait Yehuwa, meski orang asing diwajibkan melakukan kerja paksa sebagai budak, ” tidak ada seorang pun dari putra - putra Israel yang Salomo tetapkan sebagai budak; sebab mereka adalah pejuang dan hambanya dan pembesarnya dan ajudannya serta kepala atas para pengendara keretanya dan atas penunggang kudanya ”. ​ — 1 Raja 9: 22.