Judges 1:30

30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol, so the Canaanites^[a] lived in their midst and became [subjected] to forced labor.

Judges 1:30 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:30

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor
the inhabitants of Nahalol
The first of these seems to be the same with Kattah or Kartah, and the latter with Nahalal, both cities given to the Levites, ( Joshua 19:15 ) ( Joshua 21:34 Joshua 21:35 ) ; which perhaps was the reason of their sloth in driving them out; though it aggravated their sin not to take care to rid those cities of the Canaanites, which were given to religious persons:

but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries;
which is observed so far in their favour, that they exerted themselves to make them tributaries, which was more than was done by some others.

Judges 1:30 In-Context

28 And it happened, when Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they never totally drove them out.

29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in their midst in Gezer.

30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived in their midst and became [subjected] to forced labor.

31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob,

32 so the Asherites lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Canaanite"