The Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites This manner of speaking seems to imply that these Canaanites still remained the lords of the country, and that the Asherites were only permitted to dwell among the Canaanites, who certainly appear to have paid them no tribute, and to have owed them no subjection.
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Judges 1:32
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.