Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Joshua 13:2
Remaineth — Unconquered by thee, and to be conquered by the Israelites, if they behave themselves aright. All Geshuri — A people in the northeast of Canaan, as the Philistines are on the southwest.
Remaineth — Unconquered by thee, and to be conquered by the Israelites, if they behave themselves aright. All Geshuri — A people in the northeast of Canaan, as the Philistines are on the southwest.
Verse 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 we...
This and Joshua 13:3 name the still unconquered districts in the southern half of the land, Joshua 13:4 those in the north. GESHURI - A district on the south of Philistia, the inhabitants of which are...
1. INSTRUCTION GIVEN: THE TWO AND ONE-HALF TRIBES CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1)_ 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8) About seven years had gone by s...
JOSHUA 13. PARTS OF THE LAND AS YET UNCONQUERED. IN HERITANCE OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES ON THE E. OF JORDAN. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has been s...
BORDERS. circuit. Hebrew. _gelilah,_. rare word....
_the land that yet remaineth_ It is described as lying partly (_a) in the south_(Joshua 13:3), and partly (_b) in the north_(Joshua 13:5). The cities still occupied by the Canaanites were left for red...
_VER._ 2. _THIS IS THE LAND THAT YET REMAINETH; ALL THE BORDERS OF THE PHILISTINES_— i.e. The country which they kept upon the sea-coast, to the south-west of the land of Canaan. See ch. Joshua 22:10....
10. BY WHAT NAME WAS THIS NORTHERN AREA KNOWN? _God's Instructions to Joshua 13:1-6_ Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and ther...
_THIS IS THE LAND THAT YET REMAINETH: ALL THE BORDERS OF THE PHILISTINES, AND ALL GESHURI,_ This is the land that yet remaineth - i:e., to be acquired. This section forms a parenthesis, in which the...
TERRITORIES OF THE EASTERN TRIBES 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen ('His...
GESHURI] Distinct from the Geshurites of Joshua 13:13 and Joshua 12:5. We should perhaps read 'the people of Gezer,' S. of Ephraim....
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 13 3. THE EXTENT OF THE *BLESSING The lan...
XIII. DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY TO BE DIVIDED (Joshua 13:1). (b) According to its boundaries. (1) JOSHUA WAS OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS. — Rather, _he had aged, and was advanced in days._ Old is t...
זֹ֥את הָ אָ֖רֶץ הַ נִּשְׁאָ֑רֶת כָּל ־גְּלִיל
CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a wel...
MUCH LAND YET TO BE POSSESSED Joshua 11:16; Joshua 13:1 We do not know how long the war lasted. Probably about seven years, Joshua 14:10 (forty-five less thirty-eight). It was only in David's reign t...
The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday Bo...
Chapter 13 begins a description of the division of the land. Verses 2-3 name the unconquered areas in the south, while those in the north are described in 4-6. If Israel had have been obedient and fai...
_Galilee. As Josue had been making such conquests in that part lately, some would translate Geliloth, "the confines" of the Philistines, in which sense it seems to be taken, chap. xviii. 18., and xxii...
We may derive a very profitable lesson, from what is here said, of the land that still remained to be conquered! In grace, after many victories much of conflict will still continue, and never, until w...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
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 w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
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...
This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, Ver. 2. _All the borders of the Philistines._] Anciently called Caphtorims. Deu 2:23 Amo 9:7 Their country...
_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 Philistin...
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and halfe. 14.33 The Lord and his sacrifices, are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben....
THE COMMAND TO DISTRIBUTE THE LAND...
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, literally, all the circles of the Philistines, the five city-states of the country being referred to, the capitals with their s...
LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as we ri...
1-6 At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land...
THAT YET REMAINETH unconquered by thee, and to be conquered by the Israelites, if they behave themselves aright. GESHURI; a people in the north-east of Canaan, of which see DEUTERONOMY 3:14, as the Ph...
Joshua 13:2 land H776 remains H7604 (H8737) territory H1552 Philistines H6430 Geshurites H1651 the land -...
THE LAND NOT YET ‘POSSESSED' (JOSHUA 13:1). Joshua 13:1 ‘ Now Joshua was old and bearing the signs of old age (well stricken in years). And YHWH said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and...
CONTENTS: Joshua instructed concerning the division of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: All people, and especially old people, should set themselves to do that quickly which mus...
Joshua 13:1. _Joshua was old;_ now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3. _Sihor, Sichor;_ that is, _turbid,_ the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most of th...
_Thou art old and stricken in years._ JOSHUA’S OLD AGE “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not lik...
JOSHUA 13:1 Dividing the Land. In this third major section the Lord instructs Joshua in dividing and assigning the land. It is packed with geographical details. ⇐...
_JOSHUA COMMANDED TO DIVIDE THE LAND: THE CITIES AND BOUNDARIES OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:1. Old and stricken in years] _Heb. = “old and come into days_,” or “_years_.”...
EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.— JOSHUA 13:1 NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest o...
In chapter thirteen, Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftent...
1 Samuel 27:8; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 13:38; 2 Samuel 15:8; 2