Who are "Bnei Avdei Shlomo"?
Rashi: They are descendants of Shlomo's slaves 1 . Malbim - according to one opinion, if a Nochri or slave had Bi'ah with a Bas Yisrael, the child is a Mamzer. If so, these descendants were Mamzerim, for Avdei Shlomo married Bnos Yisrael! They are among Shetuki and Asufi mentioned below (\). This is like it says in Kidushin 69a, that 10 classes of lineage ascended from Bavel. According to the opinion that the child of a Nochri or slave from a Bas Yisrael is Kosher, they are included in freed slaves (one of the 10 classes), like Tosfos (Yevamos 16b) wrote, for the owners despaired of them; [this is like the opinion that] a Get Shichrur is not needed. Since they are listed with the Nesinim (verse 58), this implies that also they are from the seven Kena'ani nations. Shlomo imposed taxes on them (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 8:7-8).
This is about 500 years after Shlomo. (PF)
Who are "Bnei ha'Soferes"?
Ibn Ezra #1: Soferes is an adjective describing their mother (a writer or scribe).
Ibn Ezra #2: Soferes tells what their mother did 1 .
Malbim: It is the name of a place, including the Hei. Many names begin with Patach Hei, like I wrote in Divrei ha'Yamim I, 2:52.
I.e. she counted. If she cut hair, it should say Mesapares! (PF)
