Commentary for Yevamot 157:12
ונתינים דוד גזר עליהם משה גזר עליהם דכתיב (דברים כט, י) מחוטב עציך עד שואב מימיך משה גזר לההוא דרא דוד גזר לכולי דרא
Might not these have been Israelites? — This cannot be assumed, for it is written, But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IX. 22. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> But that<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The labour spoken of in I Kings V, 29. ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
Rashi on Yevamot
The merciful ones etc.-And these Givonim since they were not merciful, they are not worthy to cleave to, therefore immediately David decreed upon them as it says 'the Givonim are not from the children of Israel'.
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