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Deuteronomy 20:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 20:11

Verse 11 of 20

Scripture focus

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

Deuteronomy 20:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:11

Theological / Devotional

Tributaries. The word thus translated is a collective noun indicating a body of forced laborers (see RSV). King Solomon placed such a levy upon the people, some 30,000 in all (1 Kings 5:13), to be sent to Lebanon (1 Kings 5:14; cf. 1 Kings 9:15, 20, 21; 12:18; 2 Chron. 10:18). In Isa. 31:8 the same word is translated “discomfited.”

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