Judges 1 · Verse 31

Judges 1:31

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Judges 1:31, King James Version

Judges 1:31 in other translations

BSBAsher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
WEBAsher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
ASVAsher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
YLTAsher hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob;
DARBYAsher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor Ahlab, nor Achzib, nor Helbah, nor Aphik, nor Rehob;
BBEAnd Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;
WebsterNeither did Asher expel the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

What does Judges 1:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36

17-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Neither did Asher - See on Jos 19:24-31 (note). Accho - Supposed to be the city of Ptolemais, near to Mount Carmel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:21-36

The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers…

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Judges 1:31 in the original Hebrew

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אָשֵׁ֗ר'a.SherAsherH836
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
הוֹרִישׁ֙ho.Rishit dispossessedH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
עַכּ֔וֹa.KoAccoH5910
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יוֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
צִיד֑וֹןtzi.DonSidonH6721
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַחְלָ֤ב'ach.LavAhlabH303
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַכְזִיב֙'akh.ZivAczibH392
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
חֶלְבָּ֔הchel.BahHelbahH2462
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֲפִ֖יק'a.FikAphekH663
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
רְחֹֽב\׃re.ChoRehobH7340

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 1:31

  • Joshua 19:24-30

    And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath; And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Asher.
Jos 19:24-30
Accho.Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated on the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre.
Zidon.Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saidè, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean, 400 stadia from Berytus, and 200 (north) from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from Damascus, according to Abulfeda.
Achzib.Or, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 1:30

    Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

  • Judges 1:31

    Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

  • Judges 1:32

    But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

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Judges 1:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tampoco Aser echó á los que habitaban en Achô, y á los que habitaban en Sidón, y en Ahlab, y en Achzib, y en Helba, y en Aphec, y en Rehod:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Aser ne déposséda pas les habitants d’Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni Akhlab, ni Aczib, ni Helba, ni Aphik, ni Rehob;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aser trieb nicht aus die Bewohner von Akko und die Bewohner von Zidon und Achlab und Aksib und Helba und Aphik und Rechob;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Aser quoque non delevit habitatores Accho, et Sidonis, Ahalab, et Achazib, et Helba, et Aphec, et Rohob: