Lexicon :: Strong's G5411 - phoros

When the territory of the descendants of Dan slipped out of their control, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem after their ancestor Dan.

When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.

Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

The Amorites were determined to stay in Har-heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand, the Amorites were made to serve as forced labor.

Adoram[fn] was over forced labor;

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

Ahishar, in charge of the palace;

and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.

Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered thirty thousand men.

As for all the peoples who remained of the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites ​— ​

besides what came from merchants, traders’ merchandise, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram,[fn] who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into the chariot and flee to Jerusalem.

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those the Israelites had not completely destroyed ​— ​Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is this way today.

Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram,[fn] who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. However, King Rehoboam managed to get into his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land seventy-five hundred pounds[fn] of silver and seventy-five pounds[fn] of gold.

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue[fn] will suffer.

Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates River, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.

I hereby issue a decree concerning what you are to do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild the house of God:

The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the work will not stop.

Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;

Zechariah, from Parosh’s descendants,

and 150 men[fn] with him who were registered by genealogy;

The Israelites:

Parosh’s descendants: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah,[fn] and Benaiah;

Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king’s upper palace,[fn] by the courtyard of the guard. Beside him Pedaiah son of Parosh

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

The heads of the people were

Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

How[fn] she sits alone,

the city once crowded with people!

She who was great among the nations

has become like a widow.

The princess among the provinces

has been put to forced labor.