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 regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites; 3from the Shihor which is east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the five governors of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite to the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite; 5and the land of the Gebalite, and all of Lebanon, toward the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon as far as Lebo-hamath. 6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will drive out from the sons of Israel; only allot it to Israel as an inheritance 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

• to the southתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• and Mearahמְעָרָהme‛ârâh · MearahH4632
• that belongs to the Sidoniansצִידֹנִיtsîydônîy tsidônîy · SidonianH6722
• as farעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• Aphekאֲפֵק'ăphêq 'ăphîyq · AphekH663
• to the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• Amoriteאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567

Cross-references for Joshua 13:4

• Joshua 10:40So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.
• Joshua 11:3to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
• Joshua 12:7Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated beyond the Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon even as far as Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,
• 1 Kings 20:26So at the turn of the year Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
• 2 Kings 13:18Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground,” and he struck it three times and stopped.
• Joshua 19:30Included also were Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages.
• 1 Samuel 4:1So the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle, and they camped beside Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped in Aphek.
• Judges 1:34Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to 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