1 Chronicles 22:2

The strangers . These are plainly called in the Septuagint "proselytes" ( τοὺς προσηλὺτους ) . They were, of course, foreign workmen, who came in pursuit of their trade. The injunctions as to "strangers," and with regard to showing them kindness, are very numerous, beginning with Exodus 12:19 , Exodus 12:48 , Exodus 12:49 ; Exodus 22:21 (20); Exodus 23:9 ; Le Exodus 19:10 , 33, 34; Exodus 15:14-16 ; Deuteronomy 10:18 , Deuteronomy 10:19 ; Joshua 8:33-35 . It was not David's object merely to gain cheap or compulsory work ( 2 Chronicles 2:17 , 2 Chronicles 2:18 ), but to obtain a skill, which immigrants from certain places would possess, in excess of that of his own people ( 2 Chronicles 2:7 , 2 Chronicles 2:8 , 2 Chronicles 2:13 , 2 Chronicles 2:14 ), especially considering the absorption of Israel in the pursuit of war, which had so largely impeded their study and practice of these the arts of peace.