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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them back into the hill country and would not let them come down into the plains.

Context of Judges 1:34

32so the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out. 33Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them. The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain. 35The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor. 36And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela 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 people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
• Joshua 19:47When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

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