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Joshua 13:2
2This is the land left for you to take: All the land of the Philistines and the Geshurites.
Joshua 13:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
- New International Version (NIV)“This is the land that remains: All the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites,
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites
- New King James Version (NKJV)This is the land that yet remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all that of the Geshurites,
Context of Joshua 13:2
1Joshua had become a very old man. The Lord said to him, ‘You are now very old. There is still a lot of land that you have not yet taken. This is the land left for you to take: All the land of the Philistines and the Geshurites. 3Their land goes from the Shihor river on the east side of Egypt, to the border of Ekron's land. That part belongs to the Canaanites. The land of the Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. There is also the land of the Avvites in the south. 4You must take all the land of the Canaanites, which goes from Arah in Sidon region, and continues to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites.
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זֹ֥את הָאָ֖רֶץ הַנִּשְׁאָ֑רֶת כָּל־גְּלִיל֥וֹת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וְכָל־הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Joshua 13:2
- Exodus 23:29But I will not chase out those people in one year. If I did that, the country would become empty of people. Then there would be many wild animals that would cause trouble to you.
- Deuteronomy 11:23If you do that, the Lord will chase out all those nations as you move into the land. They are greater and stronger than you are, but you will take the land from them.
- Judges 3:1The Lord allowed some nations to stay in Canaan. He would use them to test the Israelites who had not yet fought wars in Canaan.
- Genesis 10:14Pathrusites, Kasluhites and Caphtorites. The Philistines were descendants of the Kasluhites.
- Genesis 26:1There was another famine in the land. This had happened before, when Abraham was alive. Now Isaac went to Gerar to visit Abimelech, the king of the Philistines.
- Joel 3:4You people in Tyre, Sidon, and of all the land of the people called Philistines, listen. You cannot say that I have done anything wrong. You want to punish me. If you do this, I will soon do the same to you.
- Joshua 13:11It included the land of Gilead, and the land of the Geshurites and Maakathites. It included all of Hermon mountain, and Bashan as far as Salecah.
- Joshua 12:5He ruled the land from Hermon mountain and Salecah in the north, and all of the Bashan region in the east. His land went as far as the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maakah. He ruled half of the Gilead region, as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.
- 1 Samuel 27:8During that time David and his men attacked the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. These tribes had lived in that place for a very long time. Their land went as far as Shur and the border of Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 3:3The second son was Kileab. Nabal's widow, Abigail, from Carmel gave birth to him. The third son was Absalom. His mother was Maakah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.
- 2 Samuel 13:37Absalom ran away to Ammihud's son, Talmai, the king of Geshur.
- 2 Samuel 15:8When I was living at Geshur with the Arameans, I made this promise: “If the Lord brings me back to live in Jerusalem, I will go to Hebron and I will worship him there.” ’
Commentaries on Joshua 13:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The 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 the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2This 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 the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Philistines were part of the Sea Peoples who migrated from the Aegean region a few decades after Israel entered Canaan. They settled along the southwestern Mediterranean coast, west and southwest of Judah. They came from Caphtor or Crete (Deut 2:23; Amos 9:7). • These Geshurites were from a southern territory, not the northern Geshurites (compare Josh 12:5).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
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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
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