Judges 1:28
in Judges 1When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
KJV
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
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This verse in Judges 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants
on Judges 1:27-33
Five tribes fail, and the wording weakens as the list runs. Israel "pressed the Canaanites into forced labor", which Solomon still used at 1 Kings 9:21. At verse 32 "the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants", so the tribe has become the one living in somebody else's country.
This site's exposition
When Israel became stronger
Forced labor begins only when Israel became stronger. Israel had strength enough to press the Canaanites into service, and it used that strength to keep them in the land as workers. Verse 30 records the same pattern for Zebulun, and verse 35 for the house of Joseph and the Amorites.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The confederate tribes, pursuing their incursions in that quarter, came successively to Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, which they took.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The same course of subjugation was carried on in the other tribes to a partial extent, and with varying success. Many of the natives, no doubt, during the progress of this exterminating war, saved themselves by flight and became, it is thought, the first colonists in Greece, Italy, and other countries.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חָזַ֣ק | chazak | it became strong | H2388 → | 291 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיָּ֥שֶׂם | vaiyasem | and it made | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| לָמַ֑ס | lamas | into forced labor | H4522 → | 23 times |
| וְהוֹרֵ֖ישׁ | vehoreish | and certainly <to dispossess> | H3423 → | 231 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹרִישֽׁוֹ׃ ס | horisho | it dispossessed him | H3423 → | 231 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
חָזַ֣קit became strong
chazakH2388 →291 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיָּ֥שֶׂםand it made
vaiyasemH7760 →584 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
לָמַ֑סinto forced labor
lamasH4522 →23 times
וְהוֹרֵ֖ישׁand certainly <to dispossess>
vehoreishH3423 →231 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הוֹרִישֽׁוֹ׃ סit dispossessed him
horishoH3423 →231 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.