9:21a their descendants who remained in the land,

These people were descendants of those ⌊foreign/pagan⌋ peoples who had continued to live in the land.

9:21b those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—

They were the peoples whom the Israelites had not been able to destroy.

9:21c Solomon conscripted these people

Solomon forced them

9:21d to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

to become slaves. They work as slaves even/until now.
-or-
to work as slaves. This still happens today.

9:21a-c (reordered)

They were the descendants of the ⌊Canaanite⌋ peoples whom the Israelites had not been able to destroy and who had remained in the land ⌊of Israel⌋. Solomon forced/compelled them to work as slaves, and at the present time they still do such work.

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