Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
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Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
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Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
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And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
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- Joshua 16:10 They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
- 1 Kings 9:16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which they possessed till Solomon’s time.
Which they possessed till Solomon’s time.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt…
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer,.... Not so much as made them tributaries, but made a covenant with them, it is probable, contrary to the express will of God:
but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them; the Ephraimites agreeing to it, and here they dwelt to the times of Solomon; See Gill on Jos 16:10; where indeed they are said to be under tribute; but that seems to respect some later time, and not when they were first admitted to dwell among them, since no mention is made of it here.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain In Gezer - Which they possessed 'till Solomon's time,…
In Gezer - Which they possessed 'till Solomon's time, 1 Kings ix, 16.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. Neither did Ephraim] See the notes on…
Verse 29. Neither did Ephraim] See the notes on the parallel passages, Jos 16:5-10.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 1:29. Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites…
Jdg 1:29. Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites — So far from it, that it appears they did not so much as exact any tribute from them, but made a covenant of friendship with them, which was a still greater crime. The Canaanites dwelt in Gezer — Which they possessed till Solomon’s time; 1Ki 9:6. And to dwell among a people often signifies to have a quiet settlement, as 2Ki 4:13.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Gezer — See Jos_10:33, note.
29. Gezer — See Jos_10:33, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. Cf. Jos_16:10.
29. Cf. Jos_16:10.
Gezer] An ancient Canaanite city mentioned in the list of Thothmes III, in the ‘Israel Inscription’ of Merenptah (see Ency. Bibl. 1242), and as Gazri in the Amarna tablets (163 etc.), situated on the S.W. border of Ephraim (Jos_16:3), near the Philistine territory (2Sa_5:25). It remained Canaanite until conquered by Pharaoh Shishak, who gave it to his daughter, Solomon’s wife (1Ki_9:16). Solomon rebuilt the city as a frontier fortress against the Philistines (1Ki_9:15; 1Ki_9:17). It was an important place during the Maccabaean wars (Gazara, 1Ma_4:15; 1Ma_9:52; 1Ma_14:34; 1Ma_15:28; 1Ma_15:35 etc.). The site, = the mod. Tell el-Jezer, a little S. of the Jaffa-Jerusalem road and 13 m. from Jerusalem, was recovered by Clermont-Ganneau in 1871. Several bilingual inscriptions in Hebr. and Gk. have been found near the Tell containing the words “boundary of Gezer [Hebr.]: of Alkios [Gk.],” supposed to refer to the sabbatic limits and the local governor who thus defined them. See Cl.-Ganneau, Rec. d’arch. Orientale iii. §§ 25, 47. The excavations recently conducted on the site have thrown much light on the past history of Canaan; seven strata of successive occupations have been ascertained; the area of the Canaanite temple or high place, much pottery, and, in the Israelite stratum, the bones of infants built into the foundations of houses (cf. 1Ki_16:34), and what has been identified as Solomon’s work of fortification, are among the most important discoveries; see Palest. Explor. Fund Qtly. Statements for 1903, and Driver, Schweich Lectures, pp. 46–59.
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in Gezer among them] Jos_16:10 b reads ‘in the midst of Ephraim unto this day and became subject to forced labour,’ probably representing the original form of J; cf. Jdg_1:28; Jdg_1:30; Jdg_1:33; Jdg_1:35.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Neither did Ephraim.—See Jos_16:10. Gezer.—This town was not…
(29) Neither did Ephraim.—See Jos_16:10. Gezer.—This town was not won from the Canaanites till its capture by Pharaoh, who gave it as a present to his daughter, the wife of Solomon (1Ki_9:16).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Ephraim did not
Ephraim did not
Here "Ephraim" the men or the soldiers of the tribe of Ephraim. (See: Metonymy)
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Gezer
The name of one of the cities in the Ephraim area. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
Ephraim
cast out
Canaan
life
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