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 these nations yet remaining, Israel was to make no league. There can be no affinity between the carnal and the gracious. What communion can Christ have with Belial? 2 Corinthians 6:14.
Verse Joshua 13:3. _FROM SIHOR, WHICH IS BEFORE EGYPT_] Supposed by some to be the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near to the Arabian Desert; called also the _river of Egypt_, Numbers 34:5; Jeremiah 2:...
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...
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...
SIHOR. Hebrew "the Sihor". LORDS. Hebrew seren,. prince; first occurrence. Used only of the Philistine princes. Joshua 13:3.Judges 3:3; Judges 16:5; Judges
_from Sihor_ = "_the Black Stream_," the usual name of the Nile. Here probably it is "the river of Egypt," the _Wady el Arish_(1 Chronicles 13:5), the Rhinokolura or Rhinokorura. Wyclif, following the...
_VER._ 3. _FROM SIHOR, WHICH IS BEFORE EGYPT_— Here the sacred historian, intending, in a particular manner, to describe the extent of the country of the Philistines, fixes its northern limits at the...
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 SIHOR, WHICH IS BEFORE EGYPT, EVEN UNTO THE BORDERS OF EKRON NORTHWARD, WHICH IS COUNTED TO THE CANAANITE: FIVE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES; THE GAZATHITES, AND THE ASHDOTHITES, THE ESHKALONITES, T...
13:3 lordships (d-24) Heb. _ Sehren_ , a word used only for the 'lords of the Philistines,' here and elsewhere. Ashdod, (e-32) Called 'Azotus' in Acts 8:40 ....
SIHOR] the Wady el Arish, or Brook of Egypt....
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...
מִֽן ־הַ שִּׁיחֹ֞ור אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל ־פְּנֵ֣י מִ
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...
Egypt. Hebrew, "from the Shicor, (or Sichor) which is on the face, (or over-against) Egypt." Jeremias (ii. 18,) informs us that this river was in Egypt which is not true of the torrent of Rhinocorure;...
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 SIHOR, WHICH [IS] BEFORE EGYPT,.... Which Jarchi and Kimchi interpret of the river Nile, and so that river is called, Jeremiah 2:18; it seems to have this name from the waters of it being black a...
From Sihor, which [is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, [which] is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites...
_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....
from Sihor, which is before Egypt, the so-called brook of Egypt, 1 Chronicles 13:5, for this actually flows northeastwardly from or before Egypt, even UNTO THE BORDERS OF EKRON NORTHWARD, for thus far...
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...
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...
SIHOR; a river, of which see ISAIAH 23:3 JEREMIAH 2:18. WHICH IS COUNTED TO THE CANAANITE, i.e. which, though now possessed by the Philistines, who drove out the Canaanites, the old inhabitants of it,...
Joshua 13:3 Sihor H7883 east H6440 Egypt H4714 border H1366 Ekron H6138 northward H6828 counted H2803 (H8735) Canaanite
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 6:16; 1 Samuel 6:17; 1 Samuel 6:4; Deuteronomy 2:23; Ge
Counted to the Canaanites — That is, which though now possessed by the Philistines, who drove out the Canaanites the old inhabitants of it, Deuteronomy 2:23; Amos 9:7, yet is a part of the land of Can...