Joshua 13:4

Joshua 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
• New International Version (NIV)on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek and the border of the Amorites;
• English Standard Version (ESV)in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites,
• New King James Version (NKJV)from the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;

Context of Joshua 13:4

2This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites: 3from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) — the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites in the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians to Aphek and as far as the border of the Amorites; 5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon east from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath — 6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians. I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.

Joshua 13:4 word by word

מִתֵּימָ֞ן כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗י וּמְעָרָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים עַד־אֲפֵ֑קָה עַ֖ד גְּב֥וּל הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From the southתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
• all the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• and Mearahמְעָרָהme‛ârâh · MearahH4632
• beside the Sidoniansצִידֹנִיtsîydônîy tsidônîy · SidonianH6722
• unto Aphekאֲפֵק'ăphêq 'ăphîyq · AphekH663
• to the bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567

Cross-references for Joshua 13:4

• Joshua 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region — the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills, and the slopes — with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.
• Joshua 11:3the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
• Joshua 12:7Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments:
• 1 Kings 20:26In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to battle Israel.
• 2 Kings 13:18Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.
• Joshua 19:30Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob — twenty-two cities, with their settlements.
• 1 Samuel 4:1And Samuel’s words came to all Israel. Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
• Judges 1:34The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley.

Commentaries on Joshua 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The land of the Canaanites - This lay on the south of the country of the Philistines, towards the sea-coast. Mearah - Supposed to be the city Maratha, on the Mediterranean Sea. - Calmet. Or the river Majora, which falls into the Mediterranean Sea, between Sidon and Berytus. See Pliny, Hist. Nat. lib. v., c. 20. Aphek - See on Joshua 12:18; (note). To the borders of the Amorites - Though the term Amorite is sometimes used to designate the inhabitants in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Read “on the south,” and connect the words with the verse preceding. They indicate the southern limit of the still unconquered territory in this neighborhood, as Joshua 13:3 gives the northern one. Mearah - The “cave” (see the margin) has been referred to “Mugar Jczzin” (“cave of Jezzin”), between Tyre and Sidon, or to a district characterized by deep cave-like ravines near Sidon and Dan-Laish.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The Sidonians were also known as Phoenicians (see Isaiah 23:11; Obadiah 1:20; Acts 11:19). They lived along the northern coast from north of Mount Carmel to above Gebal (Byblos). They also lived in the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges. Sidon was the main Phoenician city when Israel entered Canaan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-62-6. This is the land that yet remaineth--that is, to be acquired. This section forms a parenthesis, in which the historian briefly notices the districts yet unsubdued; namely, first, the whole country of the Philistines--a narrow tract stretching about sixty miles along the Mediterranean coast, and that of the Geshurites to the south of it (1Sa 27:8). Both included that portion of the country "from Sihor, which is before Egypt," a small brook near…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 13:4

• Geshur

In the dictionaries

• Sidonians
• Sidon, Sidonians
• Aphik
• Lebanon
• Mearah
• Aphek
• Avvim; Avites
• Cave
• Joshua, Book of
• Negeb

Commentaries on Joshua 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings