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Judges 1:34 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: "
Judges 1:34
Verse in Context
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But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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Judges 1:1
"Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight"
Judges 1:2
"And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."
Judges 1:3
"And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went"
Judges 1:4
"And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men."
Judges 1:5
"And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."
Judges 1:6
"But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes."
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