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One of the races found early in Palestine: they were descendants of Ham through Canaan. Gen. 10: 17. Jacob, on his return to Palestine, found Shechem occupied by the Hivites. Gen. 34: 2. They also possessed Gibeon, and found means to deceive Joshua into making a league with them. Joshua 9: 3, 7. They seemed to be more a commercial than a warlike people. We also find the Hivites in the north in mount Lebanon, and Israel was beguiled into making marriage contracts with them. Judges 3: 3, 5, 6. In the days of Solomon they were still in the land, and were made tributary to Israel. 1 Kings 9: 20. Israel suffered through not carrying out the directions of God to cast out these and other inhabitants of the land. They were by them led into idolatry.