Whereas previously the more general live in that land
(Judges 1:27) was used, here a distressing shift is marked by the alarming statement that the Canaanites continued to live there among them.1
Whereas previously the more general live in that land
(Judges 1:27) was used, here a distressing shift is marked by the alarming statement that the Canaanites continued to live there among them.1
29 And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.