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.
Jehoova templi ehitamise ajal määrati orjatööle küll võõramaalased, kuid „Iisraeli lastest ei teinud Saalomon mitte kedagi orjaks, vaid neist said sõjamehed, tema sulased ja pealikud, tema vankrivõitlejad, sõjavankrite ja ratsanike pealikud ”.