Joshua 13:2-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 13:1-6

Here, I. God puts Joshua in mind of his old age, Josh. 13:1. 1. It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among the thousands of Israel, none except them of all those who were numbered at Mount Sinai being now alive. He had been a man of war from his youth (Exod. 17:10); but now he yielded to the infirmities of age, with which it is in vain for the stoutest to think of contesting. It should seem Joshua had not the same strength... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:2

This is the land that yet remaineth ,.... Unconquered and not enjoyed, namely, what is after described; and this account is given for Joshua's information, that he might know what to divide, and for the people of Israel's sake, that they might know what they had a right to a claim upon; what they should endeavour to possess themselves of, and what the Lord would deliver into their hands, provided they were obedient to his will, for, because they were not, hence many of these places never... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:3

From Sihor, which is before Egypt ,.... Which Jarchi and Kimchi interpret of the river Nile, and so that river is called, Jeremiah 2:18 ; it seems to have this name from the waters of it being black and turbid; and hence it was called by the Greeks "Melas"; and by the Latins "Melo"; though it is thought, that not properly the river itself is here meant, which did not reach to the borders of Palestine, but a branch of it, a rivulet from it, for so a traveller F1 Jodocus a Gistella... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:2

The borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri - The borders of the Philistines may mean the land which they possessed on the sea-coast, southwest of the land of Canaan. There were several places named Geshuri, but that spoken of here was probably the region on the south of Canaan, towards Arabia, or towards Egypt. - Calmet. Cellarius supposes it to have been a country in the vicinity of the Amalekites. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:3

From Sihor, which is before Egypt - Supposed by some to be the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near to the Arabian Desert; called also the river of Egypt, Numbers 34:5 ; Jeremiah 2:18 . On this subject an intelligent friend favors me with the following opinion: - "The river Sihor is supposed by some to be the Nile, or a branch of it. Others think it the same as what is frequently called the river of Egypt, which lay before or towards the borders of Egypt; which arose out of the mountains of... 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

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

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

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