Judges 1:30
in Judges 1Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.
KJV
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
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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
Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron
Kitron and Nahalol stay Canaanite, yet the Canaanites there live among Zebulun and work as forced laborers. Zebulun keeps the upper hand, as Israel did in verse 28. Adam Clarke reads the verse alongside Joshua 19:10 to 15.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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 Zebulun drive out - See on Jos 19:10-15 (note).
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זְבוּלֻ֗ן | zevulun | Zebulun | H2074 → | 45 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹרִישׁ֙ | horish | it dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| קִטְר֔וֹן | kitron | Kitron | H7003 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| נַהֲלֹ֑ל | nahalol | Nahalol | H5096 → | |
| וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and it dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ | bekirbo | in midst its | H7130 → | 227 times |
| וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ | vaiyihyu | and they became | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָמַֽס׃ ס | lamas | <into> forced labor | H4522 → | 23 times |
זְבוּלֻ֗ןZebulun
zevulunH2074 →45 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הוֹרִישׁ֙it dispossessed
horishH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
קִטְר֔וֹןKitron
kitronH7003 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
נַהֲלֹ֑לNahalol
nahalolH5096 →
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבand it dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙the Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹin midst its
bekirboH7130 →227 times
וַיִּֽהְי֖וּand they became
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
לָמַֽס׃ ס<into> forced labor
lamasH4522 →23 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 19:15It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
it leads to
- Joshua 11:1
Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- Joshua 21:34–35
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:
- Ruth 1:19
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
- Joshua 12:20
the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- Joshua 11:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.
