Shìshījì 1:28

28 Jízhì Yǐsèliè qiángshèng le , jiù shǐ Jiānán rén zuò kǔ gōng , méiyǒu bǎ tāmen quán rán gǎn chū .

Shìshījì 1:28 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:28

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong
All the tribes of Israel were become numerous, and able to drive the Canaanites out of the land everywhere, and particularly were able to assist Manasseh in expelling the Canaanites out of the above places, yet they did not; but all they did was,

that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive
them out;
which flowed from covetousness, and a love of ease; they did not care to be at the trouble of expelling them, as they found it turned more to their account and present advantage to make them tributaries; and this was true of the Israelites in general, and of the half tribe of Manasseh in particular; which, as Abarbinel thinks, is here respected.

Shìshījì 1:28 In-Context

26 Nà rén wǎng Hèrén zhī dì qù , zhú le yī zuò chéng , qǐmíng jiào Lùsī . nà chéng dào rújīn hái jiào zhè míng .

27 Mǎnáxī méiyǒu gǎn chū bǎi shàn hé shǔ bǎi shàn xiāngcūn de jūmín , Tānà hé shǔ Tānà xiāngcūn de jūmín , Duōĕr hé shǔ Duōĕr xiāngcūn de jūmín , yǐ bǎi lián hé shǔ yǐ bǎi lián xiāngcūn de jūmín , Mǐjíduō hé shǔ Mǐjíduō xiāngcūn de jūmín . Jiānán rén què zhí yì zhù zaì nàxiē dìfang .

28 Jízhì Yǐsèliè qiángshèng le , jiù shǐ Jiānán rén zuò kǔ gōng , méiyǒu bǎ tāmen quán rán gǎn chū .

29 Yǐfǎlián méiyǒu gǎn chū zhù jī sè de Jiānán rén . yúshì Jiānán rén réng zhù zaì jī sè , zaì Yǐfǎlián zhōngjiān .

30 Xībùlún méiyǒu gǎn chū jī lún de jūmín hé Náha lā de jūmín . yúshì Jiānán rén réng zhù zaì Xībùlún zhōngjiān , chéng le fù kǔ de rén .