ヨシュア記 13:4-5 JCB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 13:4

Joshua 13:4. From the south That is, from those southern parts of the sea- coast now possessed by the Philistines, all the more northern parts of the sea-coast being yet inhabited by the Canaanites, almost as far as Sidon. The Amorites The Amorites were a very strong and numerous people, and we find them dispersed in several parts, some within Jordan, and some without it, some in the south, and others in the north, of whom he speaks here. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:1-33

13:1-22:34 DIVISION OF THE LANDAll the land that Israel had conquered was now divided among the twelve tribes. The list of tribal boundaries may not make very interesting reading today, but it was necessary for Israel as a permanent and lawful record to which people could refer if any disagreement arose. It also told the tribes of the enemies that had yet to be destroyed, both within their own tribal areas and in lands round about.Overall plan for the division (13:1-14:5)The area west of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 13:4

From = on. The Syriac punctuates Joshua 13:3 and Joshua 13:4 , thus: "also the Avites on the south", read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 13:5

the entering into = the pass of. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 13:4

Ver. 4. From the south, all the land of the Canaanites— To the south of the country of the Philistines, on the sea-coast, lay the Canaanites, properly so called, who remained still unconquered. Mearah, a city unknown, towards the north, but in the territory of Sidon, was in the same class. See Calmet. Aphek was probably the city which we find in the tribe of Asher, not very distant from Sidon, but farther eastward. To the borders of the Amorites— There were Amorites in all the land of Canaan,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 13:5

Ver. 5. And the land of the Giblites— This people dwelt out of the land of Canaan; their capital, named Gebal, was seated to the east of Tyre and Sidon. Ezekiel 27:9. Psalms 83:7. The Giblites are named among the workmen sent by king Hiram to Solomon. See 1Ki 5:18 and the margins of our Bibles. Some traces of the name Giblites are still to be met with in the city of Gibyle in Syria, which Maundrell describes, and thinks to have been the ancient Gebal. See his Journey from Aleppo, p. 33. The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 13:4

4. all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah—("the cave") that is beside the Sidonians—a mountainous region of Upper Galilee, remarkable for its caves and fastnesses. unto Aphek—now Afka; eastward, in Lebanon. to the borders of the Amorites—a portion of the northeastern territory that had belonged to Og. The third district that remained unsubdued: read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 13:5

5. all the land of the Giblites—Their capital was Gebal or Bylbos (Greek), on the Mediterranean, forty miles north of Sidon. all Lebanon, toward the sunrising—that is, Anti-libanus; the eastern ridge, which has its proper termination in Hermon. entering into Hamath—the valley of Baalbec. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 13:1-7

A. The land yet to be possessed 13:1-7 read more