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Judges 3:5

Judges 3:5
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,.... As if they had been only sojourners with them, and not conquerors of them; and dwelt by sufferance, and not as proprietors and owners; such…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 3:1-7

We are here told what remained of the old inhabitants of Canaan. 1. There were some of them that kept together in united bodies, unbroken (Jdg 3:3): The five lords of the Philistines, namely, Ashdod,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

In contrast to Jdg 3:3 the nations here represent the entirepopulation of W. Palestine. Such is the significance of this conventional list of the six (Exo 3:8 + 8 times) or the seven (with the…