Joshua 13:4

Translations

Modern

…to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

Traditional

From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

Literal

…from the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah, that is to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite;

Latin

Ad meridiem vero sunt Hevæi, omnis terra Chanaan, et Maara Sidoniorum, usque Apheca et terminos Amorrhæi,

Original

Hebrew

English

…to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

Notes

Joshua 13:4–6

The 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.

Joshua 13:1–7

Israel did not conquer all of Canaan during Joshua's lifetime. The areas not conquered, mostly in the valleys and plains, were the places most populated. Several generations passed before Israel was strong enough to control these regions and their people.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua Inheriting the Land

Events

Dividing the landc. 1445 BC

Related verses

Joshua 19:30
Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.
1 Samuel 4:1
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
Judges 1:34–36
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
Joshua 10:40
So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua 12:7–8
And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
Joshua 12:18
…the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
Amos 2:10
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
Joshua 11:3
…to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

Parallels

Judges 1:1–7

People

Amorites: Canaanite people group, enemies of Israel

Places

Aphek: A city in the territory of Asher Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants Mearah: A place near Sidon Sidon: Phoenician city; home of Jezebel

Glossary

Allotment of the Land Aphek Ashdod, Ashdodite, Ashdothite Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Kerioth Land Mearah Sidon (Place), Sidonian Tribe of Dan

Topics

Geshur: District East of the Sources of the Jordan River--The Inhabitants of, not Subdued by the Israelites The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God: Consisted in His: Distribution of Conquered Lands

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