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Judges 1:31

in Judges 1

Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

KJV

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

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This verse in Judges 1

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Compare the marginal reference. Accho, afterward called Ptolemais, now Akka or St. Jean d’Acre, is named here for the first time.

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 Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Neither did Asher - See on Jos 19:24-31 (note). Accho - Supposed to be the city of Ptolemais, near to Mount Carmel.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אָשֵׁ֗רAsher

    ʾasherH836 →43 times

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • הוֹרִישׁ֙it dispossessed

    horishH3423 →231 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • עַכּ֔וֹAcco

    akoH5910 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • צִיד֑וֹןSidon

    tzidonH6721 →22 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • אַחְלָ֤בAhlab

    ʾachlavH303 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • אַכְזִיב֙Aczib

    ʾakhzivH392 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • חֶלְבָּ֔הHelbah

    chelbahH2462 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • אֲפִ֖יקAphek

    ʾafikH663 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • רְחֹֽב׃Rehob

    rechoH7340 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 19:24–30The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:5 worksJoshua 19:28It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.5 worksJoshua 19:29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,4 works2 Samuel 10:8The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.2 works2 Samuel 24:6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.2 works1 Kings 20:26In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 21:31Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.2 worksMatthew 15:21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.2 works

Where this verse is studied

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About Judges

The Death of Samson, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Death of Samson, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 1 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.

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