And he dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanites the inhabitants of that land, and did not slay them.

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not expel them.

and the Asherite dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, for it hath not dispossessed them.

But the Asherites dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.

And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.

It is an evidence of the power of the Canaanite in this portion of the land that it is not said (compare Judges 1:30) that the Canaanites dwelt among the Asherites, but that the Asherites (and Judges 1:33, Naphtali) "dwelt among the Canaanites;" nor are the Canaanites in Accho, Zidon, and the other Asherite cities, said to have become tributaries.

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them (n) out.
(n) But made them pay tribute as the others did.

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,.... They were in a worse condition than those before mentioned; for the Canaanites were possessed of their country, especially of the above cities, and were masters of them; and the Asherites only dwelt among them upon sufferance:
for they did not drive them out; either they did not attempt it, or they could not do it, and contented themselves with having leave to dwell among them.