Nehemiah 9:8 - Exposition

Canaanites , etc. The nations driven out were actually seven ( Deuteronomy 7:1 ), but it is a common figure of speech to put the part for the whole. In the present enumeration the Hivites are omitted. Hast performed thy words. Though for a time remnants of the accursed nations were left in the land, "to prove Israel" ( 3:1 ), yet ultimately all were either driven out or reduced to the condition of slaves (see the comment on Ezra 2:55 ).