New International Version Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. New Living Translation The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites continued to live among them. But the Canaanites were forced to work as slaves for the people of Zebulun. English Standard Version Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor. Berean Standard Bible Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers. Berean Literal Bible Zebulun did not dispossess those dwelling in Kitron, and those dwelling in Nahalol; and the Canaanite dwelt among them and were put to forced labor. King James Bible Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. New King James Version Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites dwelt among them, and were put under tribute. New American Standard Bible Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor. NASB 1995 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor. NASB 1977 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor. Legacy Standard Bible Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor. Amplified Bible [The warriors of the tribe of] Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or of Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and were put to forced labor. Berean Annotated Bible Zebulun (exalted) failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron (incense) and Nahalol (pasture); so the Canaanites (merchants) lived among them and served as forced laborers. Christian Standard Bible Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor. Holman Christian Standard Bible Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor. American Standard Version Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork. Contemporary English Version The Zebulun tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Kitron and Nahalol, and the Canaanites stayed there with Israelites around them. But the people of Zebulun did force the Canaanites into slave labor. English Revised Version Zebulun drave not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributary. GOD'S WORD® Translation The tribe of Zebulun did not force out those who lived at Kitron or Nahalol. So the Canaanites continued to live with them and were made to do forced labor. Good News Translation The tribe of Zebulun did not drive out the people living in the cities of Kitron and Nahalal, and so the Canaanites continued to live there with them and were forced to work for them. International Standard Version The army of the tribe of Zebulun did not expel the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but were subjected to conscripted labor. NET Bible The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor. New Heart English Bible Zebulun didn't drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor. Webster's Bible Translation Neither did Zebulun expel the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleZebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers. World English Bible Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionZebulun has not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwells in its midst, and they become forced labor. Berean Literal Bible Zebulun did not dispossess those dwelling in Kitron, and those dwelling in Nahalol; and the Canaanite dwelt among them and were put to forced labor. Young's Literal Translation Zebulun hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, and they become tributary. Smith's Literal Translation Zebulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol; and the Canaanite will dwell in his midst, and they will be for tribute. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleZabulon destroyed not the inhabitants of Cetron, and Naalol: but the Chanaanite dwelt among them, and became their tributaries. Catholic Public Domain Version Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary. New American Bible Nor did Zebulun dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron or those of Nahalol; the Canaanites lived among them and became forced laborers. New Revised Standard Version Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNeither did Zebulun destroy the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Jahlel; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and paid tribute. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Zabalaun did not destroy those inhabiting Qetron and the inhabitants of Yahlil, and the Canaanites stayed with it and they were subjected by taxes OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the: inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributary. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of them, and became tributary to them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Failure to Complete the Conquest…29Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer. 30Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers. 31Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.… Cross References Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; Joshua 15:63 But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah. Joshua 13:13 but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day. Exodus 23:31-33 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you. / You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” so the Canaanites lived among them Joshua 17:12-13 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. / However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely. Judges 2:2-3 and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.” Joshua 23:12-13 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. and served as forced laborers. Joshua 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers. 1 Kings 9:20-21 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)— / their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day. 2 Chronicles 8:7-8 As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)— / their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day. Joshua 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers. Judges 2:1-3 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, / and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.” Judges 3:1-6 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, / if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: / the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath. … Exodus 23:32-33 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Exodus 34:12-16 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. / Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. / For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. … Deuteronomy 7:1-5 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. / Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, … Deuteronomy 20:16-18 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. / For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, / so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God. Treasury of Scripture Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelled among them, and became tributaries. Kitron. Joshua 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. Jump to Previous Canaanite Canaanites Drive Drove Dwelleth Dwelt Expel Inhabitants Labor Midst Subject Taskwork Tributaries Tributary Work Zebulun Zeb'ulunJump to Next Canaanite Canaanites Drive Drove Dwelleth Dwelt Expel Inhabitants Labor Midst Subject Taskwork Tributaries Tributary Work Zebulun Zeb'ulunJudges 1 1. The acts of Judah and Simeon4. Adonibezek justly requited 8. Jerusalem taken 10. Hebron taken 11. Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir 16. The Kenites dwell in Judah 17. Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken 21. The acts of Benjamin 22. Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel 30. Of Zebulun 31. Of Asher 33. Of Naphtali 34. Of Dan Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; Although Zebulun received its allotted inheritance in Canaan, it did not complete the conquest God commanded. Kitron and Nahalol lay within its territory, yet their Canaanite populations remained. Jos 15:63 But the descendants of Judah could not drive out… so the Canaanites lived among them Their continued presence brought Israel into close contact with a people devoted to false gods and corrupt practices. Rather than possessing the land fully, Zebulun accepted an arrangement that left a lasting source of spiritual compromise. Jos 17:12-13 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy… and served as forced laborers. Zebulun chose to profit from the Canaanites’ labor instead of removing them from the land. This partial obedience preserved Canaanite influence and contributed to the recurring unfaithfulness that marked Israel’s history in Judges. Jos 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer… Persons / Places / Events 1. ZebulunOne of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob's son Zebulun. This tribe was allotted territory in the Promised Land but failed to fully conquer it. 2. Kitron A city within the territory assigned to the tribe of Zebulun. The Israelites did not drive out its Canaanite inhabitants. 3. Nahalol Another city within Zebulun's territory, similarly not fully conquered by the Israelites. 4. Canaanites The original inhabitants of the land, known for their idolatrous practices. They were supposed to be driven out by the Israelites according to God's command. 5. Forced Labor The Canaanites were subjected to forced labor by the Israelites, indicating a compromise rather than complete obedience to God's command. Teaching Points Partial Obedience is DisobedienceZebulun's failure to drive out the Canaanites reflects a broader theme of partial obedience, which is ultimately disobedience to God's commands. Consequences of Compromise Allowing the Canaanites to remain led to spiritual and cultural compromise, which can serve as a warning against allowing sin to persist in our lives. The Importance of Complete Trust in God The Israelites' failure to fully conquer the land shows a lack of trust in God's promises and power. We are called to trust God fully in our own battles. The Danger of Coexistence with Sin Just as the Canaanites' presence led to Israel's spiritual decline, tolerating sin in our lives can lead to spiritual decay. God's Call to Holiness The command to drive out the Canaanites was part of God's call for Israel to be a holy nation. We are similarly called to live set apart for God. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Judges 1:30?2. Why did Zebulun fail to drive out the Canaanites in Judges 1:30? 3. How does Judges 1:30 illustrate consequences of partial obedience to God? 4. What other biblical examples show consequences of not fully obeying God's commands? 5. How can we ensure complete obedience to God's will in our lives today? 6. What lessons from Judges 1:30 apply to resisting worldly influences in our lives? 7. Why did Zebulun fail to drive out the Canaanites in Judges 1:30? 8. Does Judges 1:30 suggest a lack of faith or divine support for Zebulun? 9. How does Judges 1:30 reflect on God's promise to Israel regarding the land? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Judges 1? (30) Neither did Zebulun.--See Joshua 19:10-16. Nothing is known of the towns here mentioned. It is remarkable that Issachar is not mentioned, but it may perhaps be accounted for by the condition of contented subjection in which this tribe "bowed his shoulder to the yoke" (Genesis 49:14-15).Judges 1:30 exposes the cost of partial obedience. Zebulun, blessed with clear promises and past victories, stopped short of God’s command, kept two Canaanite enclaves, and tried to manage disobedience through forced labor. The immediate gain of labor eventually paved the way for spiritual loss. God calls His people to complete trust and total obedience, because anything less leaves room for compromise that will haunt generations. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Zebulunזְבוּלֻ֗ן (zə·ḇū·lun) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2074: Zebulun -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and their territory failed לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no to drive out הוֹרִישׁ֙ (hō·w·rîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin the inhabitants יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י (yō·wō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of Kitron קִטְר֔וֹן (qiṭ·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7003: Kitron -- a city in Zebulun [and] וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Nahalol; נַהֲלֹ֑ל (na·hă·lōl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5096: Nahalal -- a place in Zebulun so the Canaanites הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ (hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3669: Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan lived וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry among them בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ (bə·qir·bōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center and served וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (way·yih·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be as forced laborers. לָמַֽס׃ (lā·mas) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4522: Body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom Additonal Resources Judges 1:30 Blue Letter BibleJudges 1:30 Bible Gateway Judges 1:30 Bible.com Judges 1:30 NIV |
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