Judges 1:29
in Judges 1Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
KJV
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
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This verse in Judges 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseNeither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer,.... Not so much as made them tributaries, but made a covenant with them, it is probable, contrary to the express will of God: but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them; the Ephraimites agreeing to it, and here they dwelt to the times of Solomon; See Gill on Jos 16:10; where indeed they are said to be under tribute; but that seems to respect some later time, and not when they were first admitted to dwell among them, since no mention is made of it here.
This site's exposition
Neither did Manasseh drive out
on Judges 1:27-33
Five tribes are listed in the same form here, Neither did Manasseh, Ephraim, Zebulun, Asher and Naphtali drive out, and the wording weakens as the list runs. Manasseh's towns are Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam and Megiddo, the chain of fortresses across the valley of Jezreel, and Taanach and Megiddo are where Deborah's song puts the battle at 5:19 while Beth-shean is where Saul's body is fastened to the wall at 1 Samuel 31:10. Verse 28 names what Israel did instead of removing them, tribute, which turned a command into a source of income, and 1 Kings 9:20 to 21 says Solomon was still collecting it. At verse 32 the sentence turns over, since it is the Asherites who dwelt among the Canaanites rather than the Canaanites among Israel, and the tribe has become the one living in somebody else's country.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
For the stars of this night are overshadowed with darkness, when even they that already shine with great virtues, still bear something of the dimness of sin, while they struggle against it, so that they even shine with great lustre of life, and yet still draw along with unwillingness some remains of the night.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), which, some think, intimates their allowing them a quiet settlement, and indulging them with the privileges of an unconquered people, not so much as making them tributaries. Zebulun, perhaps inclining to the sea-trade, for it was foretold that it should be a haven for ships, neglected to reduce Kitron and Nahalol (
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The Nineteenth Century3 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.
Neither did Ephraim - See the notes on the parallel passages, Jos 16:5-10 (note).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ | veefrayim | and Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹרִ֔ישׁ | horish | it dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב | haiyoshev | who dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּגָ֑זֶר | begazer | in Gezer | H1507 → | |
| וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and it dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ | bekirbo | in midst its | H7130 → | 227 times |
| בְּגָֽזֶר׃ פ | begazer | in Gezer | H1507 → |
וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙and Ephraim
veefrayimH669 →180 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הוֹרִ֔ישׁit dispossessed
horishH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣בwho dwelt
haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּגָ֑זֶרin Gezer
begazerH1507 →
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁבand it dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛יthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹin midst its
bekirboH7130 →227 times
בְּגָֽזֶר׃ פin Gezer
begazerH1507 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:1–2
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations…
- 1 Kings 9:16
Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
- Joshua 17:13
However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
- Numbers 33:52–55
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- 1 Kings 9:21
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- Deuteronomy 7:1–2
Through
1 Kings 9:16Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 3:1
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
- 1 Kings 7:8
And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 1 Kings 9:24
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
- 1 Kings 3:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job 4.24; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.