Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 13:1-7
A. The land yet to be possessed 13:1-7 read more
Joshua 13:4
Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 13:3-5
The "Shihor" is probably the brook of Egypt, the modern Wadi el Arish, that marked the southwestern boundary of the Promised Land. "Sidon" may represent the inhabitants of the Phoenician coast and of the Lebanon mountains. [Note: Butler, p. 152.] The land of the Gebalite (Joshua 13:5) refers to the city-state of Byblos. [Note: Hess, p. 231.] read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:1-33
Territories of the Eastern Tribes1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen (’History of Israel’) remarks, ’The conquest was at first but an incomplete one. The plain which fringed the coast was hardly touched: so also the valley of Jezreel with its girdle of fortified cities stretching from Accho to Beth-shean. All that was subdued in the strict sense of the word was the... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:1-45
The SettlementThe summaries of Joshua 12 mark the end of one section of the book, and the opening words of Joshua 13 as clearly introduce the beginning of another.This central portion, embracing Joshua 13-21, has been called ’The Domesday Book of the Old Testament,’ and is invaluable as a groundwork for modern scientific explorers. ’The Book of Joshua’ (writes Col. Conder) ’is the great geographical book of the Old Testament, and the study of its geography is important, as showing that it was... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 13:1-7
XIII.DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY TO BE DIVIDED(Joshua 13:1-14).(b) According to its boundaries.(1) Joshua was old and stricken in years.—Rather, he had aged, and was advanced in days. Old is too absolute a word. He did not live beyond a hundred and ten years (Joshua 24:29), and this was not a great age for the time. But in several instances the Hebrew word here employed is used not so much in respect of the number of years men lived, but rather in regard to the weakening of the vital powers.... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joshua 13:1-33
Victories in Old Age Joshua 13:1 God often speaks very plainly. Few care to be told to their face that they are old. But the Almighty recognizes these awkward facts and bids men recognize them. He is sometimes almost blunt, as He was in addressing Joshua. His is the directness of loving faithfulness. Matthew Henry says: 'It is good for those who are old... to be put in remembrance of their being so'. And it was for Joshua's highest good that God now puts him in memory of this unwelcome fact.... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:1-33
CHAPTER XXI.JOSHUA’S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES.Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not like to think that they are old. They do not like to think that the bright, joyous, playful part of life is over, and that they are arrived at the sombre years when they must say, ’’There is no pleasure in them." Then, again, there are some who really find it hard to... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 13:1-33
1. Instruction Given: The Two and One-half Tribes CHAPTER 13 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1-7 ) 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8-33 ) About seven years had gone by since the passage over Jordan and Joshua, being old and advanced in years, is addressed by the Lord. He takes care of His servants in their old age and provides for their comfort. Much land was yet to be possessed. Israel never responded to the fulness of God’s gift to them. How great their... read more
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:1-33
AMSON'S BIRTH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED (vv. 1-25) After this, because of Israel's further disobedience, the Lord brought them under bondage to the Philistines for forty long years (v. 1). In this case we are not told that Israel was broken enough to cry to God for deliverance. It seems as time went on, Israel became less and less sensitive to the seriousness of their evil condition. But God nevertheless had His eye on His people. This time God chose to prepare a deliverer from the tribe of Dan,... read more
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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