a The principal Cities of che P//litines. 2u, Flow could this be, when among tie people left to try J1ſracl,aie the five lords of the Philiftines Jud. 3. 3.7 nf. It is only ſaid that they took rhe Cities, and probably contented rhemſclves with making them Triburary ; bur ir 1s not faid that they ſ1:w the p:ople, as they oughtro have done ; and 251tis ſaid of the orher Citics here v. 5. 8, 17, 25. Andthe people be- ing thus ſpareey did by Gods juſt jJudgmenr, recover their ſtrengrh, indexpel the. Jews our of their Cities, as we find afterwards : It is further obſervabie, that Eko here taken, was one of Pans Cities, Jof. Or, he 19+ 42. and it was attempred and taken here by Jrudaz#and Simeon, Poſleſled Partly, ont of love to theur BrotherDan,and partly to 1:care their new mnemoune conqueſts, & other adjoining rerritories,trom ſuch porent neizhbows
23 T And the houſe of Joſeph ſent to defcry Beth-el, C now the name ot the city before was * Luz. ) " "Sa 24 And the ſpies ſaw a man come forth our of the city, 19: and they faid unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the en- , crance into the city f, and * we will ſhew thee mercy. fol F f On which ſide it 15 weakeſtzthat we may beſt invade and take it mY uf 25 And when he ſhewed them the entrance into the city, they ſmote the city with the edge of the ſword: but they let the man go and all his family g. g Together with his Eſtatey as the following Verte manifeſts. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hitrites b, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which 7s the name thereof unto this day. h Where the Hittites ſeated themſelves afcer they were driven
eut of Canaan, which ſeems to be Northward from Canrany and Rear unto it. See 1 King. Ie I- 1 Chron, 1.17.
27 \ * Nicher did Manatleh 7 drive out the inhabi- * Joh, 15; rants of Beth-fhean &, and her | towns, nor Taanach 1, u. 12, 13: and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor »2, and her t #%: towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her towns, Gvghters nor the inhabirants of Megiddo », and her towns : but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
i (ie) That half of this Tribe which dwelt in Canaan k A place near Jordan, Joſe 17. 11. 1 Of which ſee 7of. 12.21. and 17. 11+ »»
A great City with large Territories, See Joſe 11. 2. and 12: 23, and 17» It 7% A RoyalCity. See Joſ. 12. 21. and 17. 11+
28 And it cameto paſs when Iſrael was ſtrong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. |
29 { * Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaa- + Joſh, nites, that dweit in Gezer : but the Canaanites dwelt ;& x0: in Gezer 8 among them.
0 Which they paſicfſed till Solomons time, 1 Kings 9. 16. |
20 C Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitantsof Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol : but the Canaa- nites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
21 A Neither did Aſher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Achlab, nor Achzib, por telbah, * nor Aphik, nor of Rehob :
32 Burt the Atherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the ichabicants of the land : for they did not drivethem out
22 A Neicher did Naphrali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-ſhezmeih, nor the inhabicants of Beth-anath, bur he dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabirants of the land : nevertheleſs, the inhabitants of Beth-ſhemeſh p, and of Beth-anath, became tributaries unto them.
p A piace differing from that Bethſhemeſh, Joſ. 15, 10. |
24 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan in- to the mountain : for they would not ſuffer them to come down to the valley q. | |
q (4.e.) Inco the plain Countrey ; which was the occaſion of that Expedition forthe getting cf new quarters: of which we read Joſh, 19. anu Juage 18+ _
35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Ajaton & in Shaaibim 2 yet the hand ot the houſe of Jo-
ph r + prevailed, fo thatthey became tributaries + md + ( z.e. ) Of the Ephraimltes, who heip:d their Brethren the Da» 0. Was
nites againtt the — rhat with good Succeſs, heavy v4 hes a EE . 26 And the coalt of the Amoricteswas from || the ging + o,, Ma-
up oo Akrabbimſ, from the rock and upward. alcakra- / Which was in the Sourhern part of Canaan, Joſh. I5- 24 9. from bim.
whence it went up towards the Nowra, Tuais is added to ſhew the
great power and large extent of tizis people. C31 A P. Ik.
An Angel reproveth Iſrael at Bochim ; They bews:! 1h-ir ſans, I — x. The wicksane/s of the new generation afzer Foſtua ; Their frequent Idolatry, 6=—=—13- for which they ave often puniſhed of God ty the Enemy ; and bring delivered by the Jucdge:, grow worſe, 14q*== ig. I/icrifors Gol will leaverhe Connanites to prove and vex them, 2023,
AN an|| angel of the LORD @ came up from Gilgal Or MeL.
to Bochim 65, and faid, I m2de you to go up Out gage;
of Egypt, and have brought you untothe land which I
{ware unto your fathers,and L {aid s, I will never break _ =
iny covenant with you.
wr 19 And'the Lord was with Judah, andj!he diaye our rhe
3 Ficher, Firſt, a created Ange!. Or, Second'y, 2 Prophet or man of a UV. 3 God?