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Judges 1:28 KJV
Judges · chapter 1 · verse 28
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.Judges 1:28 · King James Version
Judges 1:28 in context
26And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
27Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
30Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- CanaanitesKᵉnaʻanîya Kenaanite or inhabitant of KenaanH3669 →
- tributemaçproperly, a burdenH4522 →
- utterlyyârashto occupyH3423 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- strongchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- putsûwmto putH7760 →
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We are here told upon what terms the rest of the tribes stood with the Canaanites that remained. I. Benjamin neglected to drive the Jebusites out of that part of the city of Jerusalem which fell to their lot, Jdg 1:21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-36