Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
HI'VITES, LAND OF THE, a region in Canaan, along the coast of the Mediterranean, peopled by some of the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Gen 10:17; 1 Chr 1:15. On Jacob's return to Canaan, Shechem was in possession of the Hivites, Hamor the Hivite being the "prince of the land," Gen 34:2. They voluntarily surrendered their country to Joshua. Josh 9:7; Josh 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," Josh 11:3; "in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath," Jud 3:3.
They paid tribute to Solomon. 1 Kgs 9:20; 2 Chr 8:7. Their country appears to have been afterward absorbed by the surrounding nations.
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