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Hivites

The Hivites were one of the Canaanite tribes inhabiting the land promised to the Israelites.

The name Hivites means “wicked; wickedness”

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Summary

People from Hiv(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Genesis 10:17; only referred to as Hivites (חִוִּי); descended from Canaan along with Sidon, Heth, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

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Hivites

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Father

Canaan

Siblings

Amorites Arkites Arvadites Girgashites Hamathites Heth Jebusites Sidon Sinites Zemarites

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Mentions

Includes 17 verses that refer to Hivites without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Genesis 10:17
    …the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
  2. Genesis 34:2
    When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
  3. Genesis 36:2
    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
  4. Exodus 3:8
    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  5. Exodus 3:17
    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
  6. Exodus 13:5
    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
  7. Exodus 23:23
    For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
  8. Exodus 23:28
    I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
  9. Exodus 23:29Referred to, not named
    I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
  10. Exodus 23:30Referred to, not named
    Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
  11. Exodus 33:2
    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  12. Exodus 34:11
    Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  13. Deuteronomy 7:1
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
  14. Deuteronomy 20:17
    For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
  15. Joshua 3:10
    He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
  16. Joshua 9:1
    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
  17. Joshua 9:7
    But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
  18. Joshua 9:8Referred to, not named
    “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
  19. Joshua 9:9Referred to, not named
    “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
  20. Joshua 9:14Referred to, not named
    Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
  21. Joshua 9:15Referred to, not named
    And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
  22. Joshua 9:16Referred to, not named
    Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.
  23. Joshua 9:17Referred to, not named
    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
  24. Joshua 9:18Referred to, not named
    But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
  25. Joshua 9:19Referred to, not named
    All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
  26. Joshua 9:20Referred to, not named
    This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
  27. Joshua 9:21Referred to, not named
    They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
  28. Joshua 9:22Referred to, not named
    Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
  29. Joshua 9:23Referred to, not named
    Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
  30. Joshua 9:24Referred to, not named
    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  31. Joshua 9:26Referred to, not named
    So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
  32. Joshua 9:27Referred to, not named
    On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
  33. Joshua 11:3
    …to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
  34. Joshua 11:19
    No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
  35. Joshua 12:8
    …the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
  36. Joshua 24:11
    After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
  37. Judges 3:3
    …the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  38. Judges 3:5
    Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  39. 2 Samuel 24:7
    They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
  40. 1 Kings 9:20
    As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
  41. 1 Chronicles 1:15
    …the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
  42. 2 Chronicles 8:7
    As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—