1 Kings 9:22

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen [see however 1 Kings 5:13 , 1 Kings 5:18 . This service, though compulsory, was not servile. Bondage was forbidden Le 25:39. The levy were treated as hired servants and had wages]; but they were men of war, and his servants [cf. 1 Kings 1:9 . Not only "officials of the war department" (Bähr) but officers of every kind], and his princes [these were the heads both of the military and civil services], and his captains [Heb. שָׁלִשָׁיו . LXX . τρωτάται . Exodus 14:7 ; Exodus 15:4 ; 2 Samuel 23:8 ; 2 Kings 9:25 ; 2 Kings 10:25 , etc. These third men were really "a noble rank of soldiers who fought from chariots" (Gesen.), each of which would seem to have held three men, one of whom drove, while two fought: thence used of the bodyguard of kings. That they formed a corps, and were not literally "captains," is clear from 1 Samuel 23:8 , etc.] and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.