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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 13:2-3

Joshua 13:2-3. This is the land that yet remaineth Unconquered by thee, and to be conquered by the Israelites, if they behave themselves aright. All Geshuri A people in the north-east of Canaan, as the Philistines were on the south-west. Which is counted to the Canaanite That is, which, though now possessed by the Philistines, who drove out the Canaanites, the old inhabitants of it, Deuteronomy 2:23; Amos 9:7; yet it is a part of the land of Canaan, and therefore belongs to the... read more

Joseph Benson

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 13:3

Sihor. Hebrew "the Sihor". lords. Hebrew seren, a prince; first occurrence. Used only of the Philistine princes. Joshua 13:3 .Judges 3:3 ; Judges 16:5 , Judges 16:8 , Judges 16:18 , Judges 16:23 , Judges 16:27 , Jdg 16:30 ; 1 Samuel 5:8 , 1 Samuel 5:11 ; 1Sa 6:4 , 1 Samuel 6:12 , 1 Samuel 6:16 , 1Sa 6:18 ; 1 Samuel 7:7 ; 1 Samuel 29:2 , 1Sa 29:6 , 1 Samuel 29:7 ; 1 Chronicles 12:19 . the Gittites. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and the." 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 13:3

Ver. 3. From Sihor, which is before Egypt— Here the sacred historian, intending, in a particular manner, to describe the extent of the country of the Philistines, fixes its northern limits at the river Sihor, which, it is generally thought, was only the Pelusiack branch of the Nile. See on Numbers 34:5. Le Clerc, Calmet, Mills, Bishop Clayton, and many others, are of this opinion. Even unto the borders of Ekron northward— Ekron was a considerable city in the land of the Philistines,... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 13:3

3, 4. also the Avites: From [on] the south—The two clauses are thus connected in the Septuagint and many other versions. On being driven out ( :-), they established themselves in the south of Philistia. The second division of the unconquered country comprised 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

Thomas Constable

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

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