Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain. New Living Translation As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them back into the hill country and would not let them come down into the plains. English Standard Version The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain. Berean Standard Bible The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain. King James Bible And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: New King James Version And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; New American Standard Bible Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; NASB 1995 Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; NASB 1977 Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; Legacy Standard Bible Then the Amorites pressed the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; Amplified Bible Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan [back] into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down into the valley; Christian Standard Bible The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. American Standard Version And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley; Contemporary English Version The Amorites were strong enough to keep the tribe of Dan from settling in the valleys, so Dan had to stay in the hill country. English Revised Version And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: GOD'S WORD® Translation The Amorites forced the tribe of Dan into the mountains and would not let them come down into the valley. Good News Translation The Amorites forced the people of the tribe of Dan into the hill country and did not let them come down to the plain. International Standard Version Later on, the Amorites forced the descendants of Dan into the hill country and did not permit them to come into the valleys of the hills. Majority Standard Bible The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain. NET Bible The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain. New Heart English Bible The Amorites forced the people of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; Webster's Bible Translation And the Amorites forced the children of Dan to the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: World English Bible The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not permitted them to go down to the valley; Young's Literal Translation And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley; Smith's Literal Translation And the Amorites will press the sons of Dan to the mountain: for they gave not to come down to the valley: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Amorrhite straitened the children of Dan in the mountain, and gave them not place to go down to the plain: Catholic Public Domain Version And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands. New American Bible The Amorites hemmed in the Danites in the mountain region, not permitting them to come down onto the plain. New Revised Standard Version The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country; they did not allow them to come down to the plain. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain; for they would not let them come down to the valley; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Amorites, the children of Dan, removed them to the mountain, because they did not allow them to go down to the valley OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Failure to Complete the Conquest…33Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers. 34The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain. 35And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.… Cross References Joshua 19:47 (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.) Joshua 17:12-13 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. / However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely. Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. Judges 3:3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath. Judges 4:2-3 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. / Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 1 Chronicles 5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day. Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: Isaiah 10:9-11 “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? / As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, / and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?” Hosea 11:5 Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? Acts 13:19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. Hebrews 11:32-34 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. Treasury of Scripture And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. Joshua 19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. Jump to Previous Allow Allowing Amorites Children Confined Country Dan Danites Hill Hill-Country Mountain Plain Press Pressed Suffer Suffered ValleyJump to Next Allow Allowing Amorites Children Confined Country Dan Danites Hill Hill-Country Mountain Plain Press Pressed Suffer Suffered ValleyJudges 1 1. The acts of Judah and Simeon4. Adonibezek justly requited 8. Jerusalem taken 10. Hebron taken 11. Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir 16. The Kenites dwell in Judah 17. Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken 21. The acts of Benjamin 22. Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel 30. Of Zebulun 31. Of Asher 33. Of Naphtali 34. Of Dan The Amorites The Amorites were one of the many Canaanite tribes inhabiting the Promised Land before the arrival of the Israelites. Historically, they were known as fierce warriors and were often associated with mountainous regions. The name "Amorite" is derived from the Hebrew root "amar," meaning "to speak" or "to say," which may imply their reputation or influence in the region. In the biblical narrative, the Amorites symbolize the persistent challenges and spiritual battles that God's people face in their journey of faith. Their presence in the land serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggle between the forces of God and the forces of the world. forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain Forced.--Literally "squeezed" or "pressed." Forced the children of Dan into the mountain.--The condition of this tribe was, therefore, the worst of all. So far from reducing under tribute the Canaanites of its assigned possession, as the central tribes did, the Danites did not even succeed in establishing a tolerated neutrality among them, like the northern tribes, but were driven into a few mountain-strongholds. It was probably this failure, and the consequent pressure of space under which the tribe laboured, which induced them to undertake the successful northern expedition alluded to in Joshua 19:47 and described in Judges 18 Hebrew The Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֛י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe forced וַיִּלְחֲצ֧וּ (way·yil·ḥă·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3905: To squeeze, press, oppress the Danites בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son into the hill country הָהָ֑רָה (hā·hā·rāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country and כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction did not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no allow נְתָנ֖וֹ (nə·ṯā·nōw) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them to come down לָרֶ֥דֶת (lā·re·ḏeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend into the plain. לָעֵֽמֶק׃ (lā·‘ê·meq) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6010: A vale Links Judges 1:34 NIVJudges 1:34 NLT Judges 1:34 ESV Judges 1:34 NASB Judges 1:34 KJV Judges 1:34 BibleApps.com Judges 1:34 Biblia Paralela Judges 1:34 Chinese Bible Judges 1:34 French Bible Judges 1:34 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 1:34 The Amorites forced the children of Dan (Jd Judg. 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