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 Tyre and Sidon, or to a district characterized by deep cave-like ravines near Sidon and Dan-Laish.
Verse Joshua 13:4. _THE 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....
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...
FROM. ON. The Syriac punctuates Joshua 13:3 and Joshua 13:4, thus: "also the Avites on the south",...
_from the south_ The LXX. here gives a proper name, "from Teman." This was the former southern limit of the Avites" territory. _all the land of the Canaanites_ Here some would insert a full stop, as...
_VER._ 4. _FROM THE SOUTH, ALL THE LAND OF THE CANAANITES_— To the south of the country of the Philistines, on the sea-coast, lay the Canaanites, properly so called, who remained still unconquered. _M...
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...
_FROM THE SOUTH, ALL THE LAND OF THE CANAANITES, AND MEARAH THAT IS BESIDE THE SIDONIANS, UNTO APHEK, TO THE BORDERS OF THE AMORITES:_ All the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Si...
APHEK] in Asher....
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...
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...
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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...
Chanaan. From the south to Sidon was yet undivided, and thence eastward, (Haydock) to Apheca of Syria, were was the capital of the kings of that country, and a famous temple of Venus, 3 Kings xx. 26....
A very extensive compass of country is here marked. The Philistines land lay South: the Sidonians, towards the West Lebanon lay East: and Hamath towards the North. Let the Reader observe, that with th...
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...
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...
FROM THE SOUTH, ALL THE LAND OF THE CANAANITES,.... That is, of those Canaanites who were particularly so called, in distinction from those of the other nations or tribes, and who dwelt in several par...
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: Ver. 4. _All the land of the Canaanites._] Who yet held out agai...
_From the south_ That is, from those southern parts of the sea- coast now possessed by the Philistines, all the more northern parts of the sea-coast being yet inhabited by the Canaanites, almost as fa...
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....
all the land of the Canaanites, of the Phenicians living along the coast to the northwest, AND MEARAH THAT IS BESIDE THE SIDONIANS, a well-known cave on Lebanon, east of Sidon, UNTO APHEK, a small cit...
THE COMMAND TO DISTRIBUTE THE LAND...
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...
MEARAH: Or, the cave...
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...
i.e. From those southern parts of the sea-coast now possessed by the Philistines, all the more northern parts of the sea-coast being yet inhabited by the Canaanites, almost as far as Sidon, as it here...
Joshua 13:4 south H8486 land H776 Canaanites H3669 Mearah H4632 Sidonians H6722 Aphek H663 border H1366 Amorites H567...
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 4:1; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:7; Joshua 12:8;...
From the south — That is, from those southern parts of the sea — coast, now possessed by the Philistines, all the more northern parts of the sea — coast being yet inhibited by the Canaanites, almost a...