Difference between revisions of "Hivites"

<p> [[Hebrew]] always in the singular = "midlanders" (Ewald), "villagers" (Gesenius). Their abode was about Hermon and [[Lebanon]] (&nbsp;Joshua 11:3, "under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh"; &nbsp;Judges 3:3, "from mount [[Baalhermon]] unto the entering in of Hamath"); toward [[Tyre]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 24:7), and [[Sichem]] or [[Shechem]] (&nbsp;Genesis 34:11), and Gibeon (&nbsp;Joshua 9:1; &nbsp;Joshua 9:7). Descended from [[Ham]] (&nbsp;Genesis 10:17). (See &nbsp;AVIM, with whom [[Septuagint]] identify them). </p> <p> A warm, impulsive, unsuspicious people, as their readiness to accept the cunning proposition of [[Simeon]] and [[Levi]] shows; peaceful and commercial, more keen to gain cattle and wealth than to wage war, as the same story shows; as also that of [[Abimelech]] (Judges 8:33 - 9:53). The [[Shechemite]] idol Baalberith, "Baal of the covenant," was a god of peace not war. Their not revenging themselves on Jacob's family, as he feared, is another proof of their quiet spirit. The [[Gibeonite]] Hivites showed the same unwarlike spirit, with the additional element of craft wherewith they in their turn deceived Israel, as Jacob's sons had deceived their forefathers. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Hivites, Land of the (&nbsp;hî'vîtes), A region in Canaan, along the coast of the Mediterranean, peopled by some of the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. &nbsp;Genesis 10:17; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:15. On Jacob's return to Canaan, Shechem was in possession of the Hivites, [[Hamor]] the Hivite being the "prince of the land." &nbsp;Genesis 34:2. They voluntarily surrendered their country to Joshua. &nbsp;Joshua 9:7; &nbsp;Joshua 11:19. The main body of the Hivites were then living on the northern confines of western Palestine—"under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh," &nbsp;Joshua 11:3; "in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath." &nbsp;Judges 3:3. They paid tribute to Solomon. &nbsp;1 Kings 9:20; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 8:7. Their country appears to have been afterward absorbed by the surrounding nations. </p>