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Judges 1:33

in Judges 1

Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork.

KJV

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became tributaries unto them.

This verse in Judges 1

Commentary

1 note on this verse

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 words behind it

24 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.

  • נַפְתָּלִ֗יNaphtali

    naftaliH532151 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H38085168 times

  • הוֹרִ֞ישׁit dispossessed

    horishH3423231 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֤י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH34271079 times

  • בֵֽית־Beth

    veit-H105342 times

  • שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙Shemesh

    shemeshH105342 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH34271079 times

  • בֵית־Beth

    veit-H10436 times

  • עֲנָ֔תAnath

    ʾanatH10436 times

  • וַיֵּ֕שֶׁבand it dwelt

    vaiyeshevH34271079 times

  • בְּקֶ֥רֶבin [the] midst of

    bekerevH7130227 times

  • הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יthe Canaanite[s]

    hakenaaniH366973 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH34271079 times

  • הָאָ֑רֶץthe land

    haaretzH7762504 times

  • וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤יand [the] inhabitants of

    veyosheveiH34271079 times

  • בֵֽית־Beth

    veit-H105342 times

  • שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙Shemesh

    shemeshH105342 times

  • וּבֵ֣יתand Beth

    uveitH10436 times

  • עֲנָ֔תAnath

    ʾanatH10436 times

  • הָי֥וּthey became

    hayuH19613559 times

  • לָהֶ֖םfor <the> them

    lahem

  • לָמַֽס׃ ס<into> forced labor

    lamasH452223 times

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

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Psalms 18:24

    So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 10:41–42

      Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

    • Ruth 2:12

      May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”

    • 1 Samuel 26:23

      May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

    • Hebrews 6:16

      Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

  • Through

    Judges 1:30

    Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 19:15

      It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

  • Through

    Judges 1:35

    And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 10:12

      On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…

    • Joshua 19:42

      Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

    • Judges 12:12

      Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Where this verse is studied

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About Judges

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.