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

32Instead, the people of Asher moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land, for they failed to drive them out. 33Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. Instead, they moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land. Nevertheless, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali. 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. 35The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves. 36The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.

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 18:1Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.
• Joshua 19:47But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land, so they attacked the town of Laish. They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after 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