John Gill's Exposition on Judges 1:33

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath, etc.] Of which places (see Gill on “<061938>Joshua 19:38”); but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; in the same disgraceful manner as Asher did, owing to cowardice or sloth: nevertheless, the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, and of Bethanath, became tributaries unto them; these two cities did at length exert themselves, and got the mastery over the Canaanites, as to make them pay tribute to them; though they ought to have expelled them, and even destroyed them, according to the command of God, but avarice prevailed over them.

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