Judges 1:31
in Judges 1Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
BSB
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
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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
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
inhabitants of Acco, Sidon
Albert Barnes notes that Acco is named here for the first time. The town was later called Ptolemais and in his day Akka, known as Acre. The list runs to seven towns, and none was taken.
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 & 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 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָשֵׁ֗ר | ʾasher | Asher | H836 → | 43 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹרִישׁ֙ | horish | it dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַכּ֔וֹ | ako | Acco | H5910 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| צִיד֑וֹן | tzidon | Sidon | H6721 → | 22 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַחְלָ֤ב | ʾachlav | Ahlab | H303 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַכְזִיב֙ | ʾakhziv | Aczib | H392 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֶלְבָּ֔ה | chelbah | Helbah | H2462 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲפִ֖יק | ʾafik | Aphek | H663 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רְחֹֽב׃ | recho | Rehob | H7340 → |
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.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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.