1 Kings 9:21
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
1 Kings 9:21 belongs to the history of Solomon's reign during the period of the undivided kingdom. That same history of his reign is also related in 2 Chronicles 1-9. The verse records that the descendants of the Canaanite peoples left in the land, whom Israel had not utterly destroyed or driven out, remained there, and Solomon levied on them a tribute of forced labor and bondservice.
The levy continued unto the time described, meaning the time when the account was written. The tribute placed those peoples in a condition of bondage, showing that being required to pay tribute can mean a loss of liberty. The bondservice is illustrated by Egypt's king Sesostris, who had captured foreigners build temples and used no Egyptians for the work.