KJV King James Version
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
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Judges 1:34
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
WEB World English Bible
The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
ASV American Standard Version
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley;
Surrounding context — 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:
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
36 And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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וַיִּלְחֲצ֧וּH3905 · la.chatsto oppressהָאֱמֹרִ֛יH567 · e.mo.riAmoriteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵי־H1121 · benson: childדָ֖ןH1835 · danDanהָהָ֑רָהH2022 · harmountain: mountכִּי־H3588 · kiforלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotנְתָנ֖וֹH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָרֶ֥דֶתH3381 · ya.radto go downלָעֵֽמֶק׃H6010 · e.meqValley (of Achor)
Cross-references
Joshua 19:47And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too little] for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.Judges 18:1In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
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