Now this was the purpose of the forced labor that King Solomon had imposed to build Adonai’s House, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
Judges 1:29 - Tree of Life Version Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites settled in Gezer among them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. American Standard Version (1901) And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Common English Bible The tribe of Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites kept on living there with them. Catholic Public Domain Version And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ephraim also did not slay the Chanaanite that dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him. |
Now this was the purpose of the forced labor that King Solomon had imposed to build Adonai’s House, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, captured Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and given it as a dowry for his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivors.
But they did not drive out the Canaanites that were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and became forced laborers.
When Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out.
Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites settled among them, but became subject to forced labor.