Judges 1:28
26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27 At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
29 Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
30 Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
- KJV
- And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
- WEB
- When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
- ASV
- And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
- BLB
- And it came to pass, when Israel became strong, that he put the Canaanite to forced labor, and he did not drive him out completely.
- ÅB
- Men da Israel ble sterkt, gjorde de kana'anittene arbeidspliktige, men de drev dem ikke bort.
- OTB
- Da Israel ble sterk, underla de kanaaneerne tvangsarbeid, men drev dem ikke helt ut.
- B1930
- Men da Israel blev sterkt, gjorde de kana'anittene arbeidspliktige, men de drev dem ikke bort.