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Joshua 17:13

Joshua 17:13
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong,.... Increased in numbers, and became superior to the Canaanites, not only those of the tribe of Manasseh, but of the other tribes…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joshua 17:7-13

We have here a short account of the lot of this half tribe. It reached from Jordan on the east to the great sea on the west; on the south it lay all along contiguous to Ephraim, but on the north it…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

put the Canaanites to tribute Comp. above, Jos 16:10. They made them tributary servants, but could not drive them out.