Judges 1:29-32

1:29 The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

1:30 The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. ¹  The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

1:31 The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, ²  nor did they conquer Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob. ³  1:32 The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.

Psalms 106:34-38

106:34 They did not destroy the nations, ⁴ 

as the Lord had commanded them to do.

106:35 They mixed in with the nations

and learned their ways. ⁵ 

106:36 They worshiped ⁶  their idols,

which became a snare to them. ⁷ 

106:37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. ⁸ 

106:38 They shed innocent blood –

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

The land was polluted by bloodshed. ⁹ 

[1:30]  ¹ tn Heb “the people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”

[1:31]  ² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[1:31]  ³ tn Heb “The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco, the people living in Sidon, Ahlab, Acco, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.”

[106:34]  ⁴ tn That is, the nations of Canaan.

[106:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “their deeds.”

[106:36]  ⁶ tn Or “served.”

[106:36]  ⁷ sn Became a snare. See Exod 23:33; Judg 2:3.

[106:37]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term שֵׁדִים (shedim, “demons”) occurs only here and in Deut 32:17. Some type of lesser deity is probably in view.

[106:38]  ⁹ sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.