to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
inhabitants
יוֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei
H3427
properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
Kitron
קִטְר֔וֹןkit.Ron
H7003
Kitron · proper noun, a place name
inhabitants
יוֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.Vei
H3427
properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
Nahalol
נַהֲלֹ֑לna.ha.Lol
H5096
Nahalal or Nahalol · proper noun, a place name
Canaanites
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ha.ke.na.'a.Ni
H3669
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
dwelt
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shev
H3427
properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
among
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹbe.kir.Bo
H7130
properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
tributaries
לָמַֽסla.Mas
H4522
properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Joshua 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Judges 1:21–end
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. Judah had set them a good example, and gained them great advantages by what they did (Jdg 1:9), but they did not follow the blow for want of resolution.
II. The house of Joseph,
1. Bestirred themselves a little to get possession of Beth-el, Jdg 1:22. That city is mentioned in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:22. Yet it is spoken of there (Jdg 1:13) as a city in the borders of that tribe, and, it should seem, the line went through it, so that one half of it only belonged to Benjam…
The same course of subjugation was carried on in the other tribes to a partial extent, and with varying success. Many of the natives, no doubt, during the progress of this exterminating war, saved themselves by flight and became, it is thought, the first colonists in Greece, Italy, and other countries. But a large portion made a stout resistance and retained possession of their old abodes in Canaan. In other cases, when the natives were vanquished, avarice led the Israelites to spare the idolaters, contrary to the express command of God; and their disobedience to His orders in this matter involved them in many troubles which this book describes.
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John Gill on Judges 1:30
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol,.... The first of these seems to be the same with Kattah or Kartah, and the latter with Nahalal, both cities given to the Levites, Joshua 19:15; which perhaps was the reason of their sloth in driving them out; though it aggravated their sin not to take care to rid those cities of the Canaanites, which were given to religious persons:
but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries; which is observed so far in their favour, that they exerted themselves to make them tributaries, which was more than was done by some others.
Keil & Delitzsch
Dictionary and topics
Agag — Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Num. 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus. (2.) Another king…
Fenced cities — There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of…
Kartah — City, a town in the tribe of Zebulun assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 21:34). It is identical with Kattath (19:15), and perhaps also with Kitron (Judg. 1:30).
Kitron — Knotty, a city of Zebulun (Judg. 1:30), called also Kattath (Josh. 19:15); supposed to be “Cana of Galilee.”
Nahalal, Or Nahalal — (pasture), one of the cities of Zebulun, given with its “suburbs” to the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:35) It is the same which in (Joshua 19:15) is inaccurately given in the Authorized Version as…
Nahallal — Pasture, a city in Zebulun on the border of Issachar (Josh. 19:15), the same as Nahalol (Judg. 1:30). It was given to the Levites. It has been by some identified with Malul in the plain of Esdraelon,…
Zebulun, Tribe of — Numbered at Sinai (Num. 1:31) and before entering Canaan (26:27). It was one of the tribes which did not drive out the Canaanites, but only made them tributary (Judg. 1:30). It took little interest…
Canaanites · Not expelled — Not expelled
Canaanites, The · Partially subdued by Israel — Partially subdued by Israel
Kitron · A city of the tribe of Zebu — A city of the tribe of Zebu
Nahallal · A Leviti — A Leviti
on Judges 1:29-35
Ephraim did not root out the Canaanites in Gezer (Jdg 1:29), as has already been stated in Jos 16:10.
Jdg 1:30
Zebulun did not root out the Canaanites in Kitron and Nahalol.
Jdg 1:31-32
Asher did not root out those in Acco, etc. Acco: a seaport town to the north of Carmel, on the bay which is called by its name; it is called Ake by Josephus, Diod. Sic., and Pliny, and was afterwards named Ptolemais from one of the Ptolemys (1 Macc. 5:15, 21; 10:1, etc.; Act 21:7). The Arabs called it Akka, and this was corrupted by the crusaders into Acker or Acre. During the crusades it was a very flourishing maritime and commercial town; but it subsequently fell into decay, and at the present time has a po…
Menashe did not oust. Scripture censures them, as they began betraying the Holy One, blessed is He, Who commanded them: "Oust all those dwelling in the land, etc."37Bemidbar, 33:52.
Tribute (Taxes) · From conquered nations — From conquered nations
Zebulun · .Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled — .Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled
Zebulun, The Tribe Of · Unable to drive out the Canaanites from their cities, but made them tributary — Unable to drive out the Canaanites from their cities, but made them tributary
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Judges 1:30 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
