Judges 1:32

Modern

So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

Traditional

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

Literal

And the Asherite dwelt among the Canaanite dwellers of the land, for they did not drive them out.

Latin

…habitavitque in medio Chananæi habitatoris illius terræ, nec interfecit eum.

Hebrew

English

So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

Mentions of Joseph's descendants (Judges 1:22, 35) highlight the northern tribes' failures to remove their enemies.

The tribes of Israel did not keep the covenant. Their complacency was rebellion against the Lord, as shown in the rest of the book of Judges.

The first prologue talks about how the tribes did not follow Joshua's farewell instructions (Joshua 23).

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 106:34–35
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

Asher: Son of Jacob and Zilpah, founder of the tribe of Asher

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants