Judges 1:34

Judges 1:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
• New International Version (NIV)The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

Context of Judges 1:34

32So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out. 33Neither did [the warriors of] Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became forced labor for them. Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan [back] into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down into the valley; 35yet the Amorites persisted in living on Mount Heres (the mountain of the sun), in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but when the power of the house (descendants) of Joseph became strong and prevailed, they became forced labor. 36The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela (rock) and upward.

Judges 1:34 word by word

וַיִּלְחֲצ֧וּ הָאֱמֹרִ֛י אֶת־בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן הָהָ֑רָה כִּי־לֹ֥א נְתָנ֖וֹ לָרֶ֥דֶת לָעֵֽמֶק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
• forcedלָחַץlâchats · to oppressH3905
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• into the mountainהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• for they would not sufferנָתַןnâthan · to give: allowH5414
• them to come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010

Cross-references for Judges 1:34

• Judges 18:1In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance [of land] for themselves to live in, for until then an inheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel.
• Joshua 19:47The territory of the sons of Dan went beyond these; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession of it and settled there [between the tribes of Naphtali and Manasseh]; they renamed Leshem, Dan, after the name of their father (ancestor) Dan.

Commentaries on Judges 1:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34The Amorites forced the children of Dan, etc. - Just as the ancient Britons were driven into the mountains of Wales by the Romans; and the native Indians driven back into the woods by the British settlers in America.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34The Amorites are usually found in the mountain Numbers 13:29; Joshua 10:6. Here they dwell in the valley, of which the monuments of Rameses III show them to have been in possession when that monarch invaded Syria. It was their great strength in this district, and their forcible detention of the territory of Dan, which led to the expedition of the Danites Judges 18. The house of Joseph lent their powerful aid in subduing them, probably in the times of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers forty years out of Canaan…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34Dan's failure to take the land shows complete unfaithfulness and led to abandoning part of the promised land (Judges 17–18).Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 1:34

• Amorites
• Dan
• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Dan
• Agag
• Descry
• Entrance
• Bible, the
• Cain
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Criticism
• Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of
• Galilee

Commentaries on Judges 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings