Judges 1:34

34 The Amorites pushed the people of Dan back into the highlands because they wouldn't allow them to come down to the plain.

Judges 1:34 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:34

And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the
mountain
Into the mountainous part of the tribe of Dan; the most noted mountains in it were Sear and Baalah, which lay on the border of Judah, ( Joshua 15:10 Joshua 15:11 ) ; Joppa in this tribe was built on an high rock, and so Gibbethon, as its name seems to import, perhaps was built on a hill or mountain, as were the cities after mentioned:

for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;
which lay between Joppa and Caesarea, the plain of Sharon, in which were Lydda, Jamnia which belonged to their tribe, and they afterwards enjoyed; (See Gill on Joshua 19:48).

Judges 1:34 In-Context

32 The people of Asher settled among the Canaanites in the land because they couldn't drive them out.

33 The tribe of Naphtali didn't drive out the people living in Beth-shemesh or Beth-anath but settled among the Canaanites in the land. The people living in Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work for them.

34 The Amorites pushed the people of Dan back into the highlands because they wouldn't allow them to come down to the plain.

35 The Amorites were determined to live in Har-heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but Joseph's household became strong, and the Amorites were forced to work for them.

36 The border of the Amorites ran from the Akrabbim pass, from Sela, and upward.