Perizzites: Villagers; dwellers in the open country, the Canaanitish nation
inhabiting the fertile regions south and south-west of Carmel. "They
were the graziers, farmers, and peasants of the time." They were to
be driven out of the land by the descendants of Abraham
(Genesis 15:20)
(Exodus 3:8,17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11) They are afterwards named among the
conquered tribes
(Joshua 24:11) Still lingering in the land, however,
they were reduced to servitude by Solomon
(1 Kings 9:20)
