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<p> <strong> HIVITES </strong> . One of the tribes of [[Palestine]] which the [[Israelites]] displaced (&nbsp; Exodus 3:8; &nbsp; Exodus 3:17 [J [Note: Jahwist.] ]). Our oldest source (J [Note: Jahwist.] ) says that they were the people who, fearing to meet the Israelites in battle, by a ruse made a covenant with them (&nbsp; Joshua 9:7 ). A Deuteronomic editor states that their villages were Gibeon, Chephira, Kiriath-jearim, and [[Beeroth]] (&nbsp; Joshua 9:17 ). [[Gibeon]] was six miles N. W. of Jerusalem, and Beeroth ten miles N. of it. Probably, therefore, they inhabited a region north of Jerusalem. &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 34:2 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) makes the [[Shechemites]] Hivites, but this is of doubtful authority. The main part of the chapter is silent on this point. In &nbsp; Joshua 11:3 and &nbsp; Judges 3:3 they seem to be located near Hermon in the Lebanon, but ‘Hivite’ is probably here a corruption of ‘Hittite’ (cf. Moore, <em> Judges </em> , p. 79). Deuteronomic editors introduce [[Hivites]] often in their list of [[Canaanitish]] peoples, usually placing them before Jebusites. Perhaps this indicates that they lived near Jerusalem. &nbsp; 2 Samuel 24:7 , though vague, is not inconsistent with this. Some have supposed <em> [[Hivite]] </em> to mean ‘villager,’ but the etymology is most uncertain. Really nothing is known of their racial affinities. </p> <p> [[George]] A. Barton. </p>

<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 [[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> '''Hivites, Land of the''' ( ''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>

&nbsp;Joshua 9:7&nbsp;Joshua 11:19&nbsp;Genesis 34:2&nbsp;Joshua 11:3&nbsp;Judges 3:3&nbsp;Deuteronomy 7:1 <p> [[Zibeon]] is identified as a Hivite (&nbsp;Genesis 36:2 ), but is listed among the Horites in &nbsp;Genesis 36:20 ,Genesis 36:20,&nbsp;36:29 . In addition, the Septuagint or earliest Greek translation reads “Horite” for “Hivite” in some texts (&nbsp;Genesis 34:2; &nbsp;Joshua 9:7 ). This may indicate an early linguistic confusion of “Horite” and “Hivite.” It is unlikely that the two are identical, although the exact relationship is unclear. See [[Horites]] . </p> <p> James C. Moyer </p>

&nbsp;Genesis 10:17&nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:15&nbsp;Genesis 24:2-28 <p> They are next mentioned during the Conquest (&nbsp;Joshua 9:7; &nbsp;11:19 ). They principally inhabited the northern confines of Western Palestine (&nbsp;Joshua 11:3; &nbsp;Judges 3:3 ). A remnant of them still existed in the time of Solomon (&nbsp;1 Kings 9:20 ). </p>

<p> Hi´vites, one of the nations of Canaan which occupied Palestine before the Israelites (;;;; ). They occupied the northern and north-eastern part of the country. In , it is stated that 'the Hivites dwelt in Mount Hermon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;' and in , the Hivites are described as living 'under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.' The 'cities of the Hivites' are mentioned in , and, from being associated with [[Sidon]] and Tyre, must have been in the northwest. A remnant of the nation still existed in the time of Solomon, who subjected them to a tribute of personal labor, with the remnants of other Canaanitish nations which the Israelites had been unable to expel . A colony of this tribe was also found in Northern Palestine, occupying the towns of Gideon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim: and these obtained from Joshua a treaty of peace by stratagem . </p>