Judges 1:29-36

Context

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.

1:33 The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath.⁴ They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites⁵ living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.

1:34 The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in⁶ the coastal plain. 1:35 The Amorites managed⁷ to remain in Har Heres,⁸ Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily,⁹ the Amorites were forced to do hard labor. 1:36 The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent¹⁰ to Sela and on up.¹¹

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

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

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

[1:33] ⁴tn Heb “the people living in Beth Shemesh or the people living in Beth Anath.”

[1:33] ⁵tn The term “Canaanites” is supplied here both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[1:34] ⁶tn Heb “come down into.”

[1:35] ⁷tn Or “were determined.”

[1:35] ⁸tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

[1:35] ⁹tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”

[1:36] ¹⁰tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[1:36] ¹¹tn Or “Amorite territory started at the Pass of the Scorpions at Sela and then went on up.”