The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
Parallel translations
- KJV And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
- BSB The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
- NKJV And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
- NASB Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
The Amorites confine the Danites to the hill country, barring them from the valley. It matters as Israel pushed back rather than advancing.
Overview
Dan suffers a reversal, pressed into the hills by stronger Amorites. Here Israel is on the losing end, unable to claim the lowlands. This failure later prompts Dan's migration northward (Judges 18), showing how unbelief led to displacement rather than possession of the promised inheritance.
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- Josh 19:47The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather.
- Judg 18:1In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
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