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2 Chronicles 2:17

King James Version (KJV)
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

The strangers are the non-Israelite population of the holy land, the descendants (chiefly) of those Canaanites whom the children of Israel did not drive out. The reimposition of the bond-service imposed on the Canaanites at the time of the conquest Judges 1:28, Judges 1:30, Judges 1:33, Judges 1:35, but discontinued in the period of depression between Joshua and Saul, was (it is clear) due to David, whom Solomon merely imitated in the arrangements described in these verses.

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Cross References
numbered
2 Chronicles 2:2
2 Chronicles 8:7
2 Chronicles 8:8
1 Kings 5:13
1 Kings 5:14
1 Kings 5:15
1 Kings 5:16
1 Kings 9:20
1 Kings 9:21
after the numbering
1 Chronicles 22:2
The United Monarchy under Solomon (2)
Solomon's Building Activities