Giudici 1:19

19 L’Eterno fu con Giuda, che cacciò gli abitanti della contrada montuosa, ma non poté cacciare gli abitanti della valle, perché aveano de’ carri di ferro.

Giudici 1:19 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:19

And the Lord was with Judah
Encouraging, strengthening, succeeding, and giving the tribe victory over the Canaanites; the Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord was for the help of the house of Judah:''

and he drove out [the inhabitants of] the mountains;
the mountainous part of Judea, such as was about Jerusalem, and where Hebron stood, and other cities, see ( Joshua 15:48 ) which though fortified both by nature and man, yet God being with them, they were easily subdued:

but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley;
God forsaking them, because they were afraid of them, for a reason after mentioned, or through slothfulness, and being weary of fighting, or because they fell into some sins, which occasioned the divine displeasure; so the Targum,

``after they had sinned, they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley:''

because they had chariots of iron;
but this was no reason why they could not drive them out, if God was with them, who could as easily have delivered these into their hands, as the inhabitants of the mountains; but is the reason why they were afraid to fight with them, and to attempt to drive them out, and which they themselves gave why they did not.

Giudici 1:19 In-Context

17 Poi Giuda partì con Simeone suo fratello, e sconfissero i Cananei che abitavano in Tsefath; distrussero interamente la città, che fu chiamata Hormah.

18 Giuda prese anche Gaza col suo territorio, Askalon col suo territorio ed Ekron col suo territorio.

19 L’Eterno fu con Giuda, che cacciò gli abitanti della contrada montuosa, ma non poté cacciare gli abitanti della valle, perché aveano de’ carri di ferro.

20 E, come Mosè avea detto, Hebron fu data a Caleb, che ne scacciò i tre figliuoli di Anak.

21 I figliuoli di Beniamino non cacciarono i Gebusei che abitavano Gerusalemme; e i Gebusei hanno abitato coi figliuoli di Beniamino in Gerusalemme fino al dì d’oggi.