But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
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Gill's Exposition
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,.... They were in a worse condition than those before mentioned; for the Canaanites were possessed of their country,…
Barnes' Notes
It is an evidence of the power of the Canaanite in this portion of the land that it is not said (compare Jdg 1:30) that the Canaanites dwelt among the Asherites, but that the Asherites (and Jdg 1:33,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
did not drive them out Originally no doubt the text ran -was not able to drive them out" (LXX); see Jdg 1:1 note.