Here commences the second portion of the book, the statements of which were drawn from pre-existing documentary records (compare Joshua 18:9); the whole of the history being introduced by a command of God to Joshua to proceed to allot the land among the tribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua is bidden to allot the whole of the promised land among the twelve tribes in faith that God would perfect in due time that expulsion of the Canaanites which Joshua himself could not carry further (see Joshua 11:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 again named in 1 Samuel 27:8; but are not to be confounded with the land of the Geshurites mention... [ Continue Reading ]
Sihor is derived from a root signifying “to be black,” and is suitable enough as an appellative of the Nile Isaiah 23:3. Here it most probably stands for “the river of Egypt” (Numbers 34:3 note), the modern “Wady el Arish”. Ekron (“Akir”) lay on the northern boundary of Judah Joshua 15:11, and was a... [ Continue Reading ]
Read “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... [ Continue Reading ]
GIBLITES - The people of Gebal (“Jebail”, 22 miles north of Beyronut). They were “stone-squarers” 1 Kings 5:18 and (ship) “caulkers” Ezekiel 27:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
The King James Version would exhibit the sense more clearly if the words from the beginning of Joshua 13:2 to the words “the Sidonians” in this verse were placed in a parenthesis, and the order of the words before us changed thus: “I will drive them out.” The “them” meaning the inhabitants of the “v... [ Continue Reading ]
The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The boundaries of this territory as a whole are first set forth Joshua 13:8, and afterward the portions ass... [ Continue Reading ]