a people descended from Canaan, Gen. x, 17. They are also
mentioned, Deut. ii, 23. The inhabitants of Shechem, and the Gibeonites,
were Hivites, Joshua xi, 19; Gen. xxxiv, 2. Mr. Bryant supposes the
Hivites to be the same as the Ophites, or ancient worshippers of the sun
under the figure of a serpent; which was, in all probability, the deity
worshipped at Baal-Hermon.
mentioned, Deut. ii, 23. The inhabitants of Shechem, and the Gibeonites,
were Hivites, Joshua xi, 19; Gen. xxxiv, 2. Mr. Bryant supposes the
Hivites to be the same as the Ophites, or ancient worshippers of the sun
under the figure of a serpent; which was, in all probability, the deity
worshipped at Baal-Hermon.