Judecătorii 1:35

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Amoriţii au izbutit să rămînă la Har-Heres, la Aialon şi la Şaalbim; dar mîna casei lui Iosif a apăsat asupra lor, şi au fost supuşi la un bir.

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Aijalon: Judges 12:12, Joshua 10:12

Shaalbim: Joshua 19:42, 1 Kings 4:9

prevailed: Heb. was heavy

Reciprocal: Joshua 17:13 - put the Joshua 19:47 - the coast Judges 1:33 - became 1 Kings 9:21 - levy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim,.... And they would not suffer the Danites to dwell in the valley, a fruitful and delightful part of their country, terrifying them with their iron chariots, which in the vale they could make use of to great advantage; so neither would they let them dwell alone in the mountainous part of their tribe, but would dwell with them, particularly in three places mentioned: where Mount Heres was is not certain; it signifies the "sun"; very probably it had its name from the worship of the sun on it, or from the sun standing still near it; for Aijalon, where that miracle was wrought, is next mentioned. Perhaps it might be near to Timnathheres, which was in Mount Ephraim, Judges 2:9; since Ephraim assisted in making these places tributaries; of the two cities, Aijalon and Shaalbim, see Joshua 19:42;

yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries; or "the hand of [it] became heavy" x; by which it does not clearly appear whether the hand of Joseph was made heavy, and to hang down, by the Amorites; or whether it was heavy upon them, and so prevailed over them, as our version; but the Septuagint puts it out of doubt, reading the words,

"and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorites;''

the Ephraimites being near to the tribe of Dan, and observing how they were pressed by the Amorites, took up arms in their favour, and obliged the Canaanites of the above places to become tributaries to the Danites.

x יתכבד יד "et aggravata est manus", V. L. Paginus Montanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:35. The Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres — They perhaps agreed to dwell in the mountainous country, being unable to maintain themselves on the plain, and yet were so powerful that the Danites could not totally expel them; they were, however, laid under tribute, and thus the house of Joseph had the sovereignty. The Septuagint have sought out a literal meaning for the names of several of these places, and they render the verse thus: "And the Amorites began to dwell in the mount of Tiles, in which there are bears, and in which there are foxes." Thus they translate Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim.