Joshua 13:2-6 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:6

Misrephoth-maim - See on Joshua 11:7 ; (note). These will I drive out - That is, if the Israelites continued to be obedient; but they did not, and therefore they never fully possessed the whole of that land which, on this condition alone, God had promised them: the Sidonians were never expelled by the Israelites, and were only brought into a state of comparative subjection in the days of David and Solomon. Some have taken upon them to deny the authenticity of Divine revelation relative... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:2

Verse 2 2.This is the land, etc The ancient boundaries long ago fixed by God, are recalled to remembrance, in order that Joshua. and the people may feel fully persuaded that the covenant made with Abraham would be fulfilled in every part. Wherefore they are enjoined to make it their study to acquire the parts still remaining to be possessed. The inference will be appropriate if we make a practical application of this perseverance to that which is required of us, viz., to forget the things which... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:6

Verse 6 6.All the inhabitants of the hill country, etc Joshua is again admonished, though the Israelites do not yet possess those regions, not to defer the partition, but trust to the promise of God, because it would detract injuriously from his honor if there were any doubt as to the event. It is accordingly said: Only do what is thy duty in the distribution of the land; nor let that which the enemy still hold securely be exempted from the lot; for it will be my care to fulfil what I have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:2

This is the land which yet remaineth . The powerful league of the Philistines, as well as the tribes near them, remained unsubdued. In the north, likewise, the neighbourhood of Sidon, and the territory of Coele, Syria, which lay between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, was as yet in the hands of the enemy. Rabbis Kimchi and Solomon Jarchi translate by "borders." Masius suggests the French marque, and the modern German grenze. All the borders of the Philistines. Literally, all the circles... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:2-7

The land allotted, though not yet secured. "There remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." "Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance"—form a somewhat strange pair of precepts. It seems as if Joshua was dividing what he had not got; and as if Israel were casting lots rather for perils than property. It is not quite so extreme as this. The point in the conquest was reached when nowhere was there a resistance needing a nation in arms to quell it. The several tribes were each... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:3

From Sihor. This word, which has the article in Hebrew, is literally the black river. This has been thought to be the Nile, known to both Greeks and Latins by that title. The Greeks called it μέλας . So Virgil says of it, " AE gyptum nigra foecundat arena." The Vulgate has "a fluvio turbido qui irrigat AE gyptum." The LXX . translates by ἀοίκητος . The phrase which is "before" ( עַל־פְנֵי ) Egypt seems to exclude the idea of the Nile, since the Nile flowed through the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:4

From the south. The LXX . and the best modern commentators connect these words with what precedes. This gives a better sense than joining it to what follows. For the south was not "all the land of the Canaanites," but a large part of it belonged, as we have just seen, to a tribe not of Canaanitish origin, while the land of the Canaanites (see note on Joshua 3:10 ) extended far to the northward. Therefore we must understand the words "all the land of the Canaanites" to begin a fresh... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:5

The Giblites. The inhabitants of Gebal, called Jebail ( i.e; hill city, from Jebel ) by the Arabs, and Byblus by the Greeks. This is Masius's idea, and other commentators have accepted it (see 1 Kings 5:1-18 :32; Psalms 83:7 ; and Ezekiel 27:9 , where the LXX . translates by Byblus). In the first named passage the word is translated "stone squarers," in our version (where it is the 18th and not the 32nd verse). All the other versions render "Giblites" as here, and no doubt the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:6

All the Sidonians. The word כֹל here, as elsewhere, must be taken in a restricted sense. A large portion of the Sidonian territory was taken, but Sidon retained its independence (see 1:31 , 1:32 ). It is clear, too, that the promise was conditional. Had not the Asherites been willing to tolerate the existence of the Canaanites in their midst, they need not have done so (see 1:28 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 13:2

This and Joshua 13:3 name the still unconquered districts in the southern half of the land, Joshua 13:4-6 those in the north.Geshuri - A district on the south of Philistia, the inhabitants of which are again named in 1 Samuel 27:8; but are not to be confounded with the land of the Geshurites mentioned in Joshua 13:13; Joshua 12:5. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 13:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 13:2

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