Judges 1:28

Judges 1:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
• New International Version (NIV)When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not completely drive them out.

Context of Judges 1:28

26He went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city there. He called it Luz, and that is still its name. 27But the men of Manasseh's tribe could not chase out the people of these five cities: Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam and Megiddo. The Canaanites who lived there were strong. So they continued to live in those cities and the regions around them. When the Israelites had a strong army, they made the Canaanites do hard work for them. But they could never chase the Canaanites away completely. 29The men of Ephraim's tribe could not chase out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. Those Canaanites continued to live among the people of Ephraim in Gezer. 30The men of Zebulun's tribe could not chase away the people who lived in Kitron and Nahalol. But they made the Canaanites who lived among them do hard work for them.

Judges 1:28 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־חָזַ֣ק יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י לָמַ֑ס וְהוֹרֵ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א הוֹרִישֽׁוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• was strongחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• that they putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• to tributeמַסmas mis · taskworkerH4522
• and did not utterlyיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423

Commentaries on Judges 1:28

• 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. 22-36Mentions of Joseph's descendants (Judges 1:22, 35) highlight the northern tribes' failures to remove their enemies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2917-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 1:28

• Canaanites
• Israel

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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