| Deuteronomy 20:11
| If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein shall be saved, and shall serve thee, paying tribute.
| Tribute. This was usually imposed by the victor, to defray the expenses of the war, and to prevent its breaking out again. The kings of Moab had to pay 100,000 rams, and as many sheep, to the kings of Juda, 4 Kings 3:4. Hiram gave 120 talents of gold to Solomon, by way of tribute, 3 Kings 9:15. Josue and Solomon condemned some of the Chanaanites to manual labour, 2 Paralipomenon 8:8.
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