Hivites (villagers), The, descendants --the six in order-- of Canaan the son of
Ham. Ge 10:17; 1Ch 1:15 We first encounter the actual people of the Hivites at
the time of Jacob's return to Canaan. Ge 34:2 We next meet with the Hivites
during the conquest of Canaan. Jos 9:7; 11:19 The main body of the Hivites were
at this time living in the northern confines of western Israel-- "under Hermon,
in the land of Mizpeh," Jos 11:3 --"in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to
the entering in of Hamath." Jud 3:3 comp. 2Sam 24:7 -Smiths.
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Hivites Scriptures
Deuteronomy 7:1 -
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to
possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Exodus 13:5 -
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Exodus 3:8 -
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to
bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing
with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites.
Exodus 3:17 -
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the
land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Joshua 24:11 -
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought
against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Judges 3:3 -
[Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hivites that
dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
Exodus 23:23 -
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and
the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
Deuteronomy 20:17 -
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; [namely], the Hittites, and the Amorites,
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
Joshua 12:8 -
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and
in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites:
Joshua 3:10 -
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and
[that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Hivites,
and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua 11:19 -
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the
inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.
Judges 3:5 -
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites,
and Perizzites, and Hivites,
and Jebusites:
2 Samuel 24:7 -
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites,
and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, [even] to
Beersheba.
1 Kings 9:20 -
[And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites,
and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,
2 Chronicles 8:7 -
[As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,
Joshua 9:7 -
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,
Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?