Joshua 11:22
20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
21 At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
23 So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
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- BSB
- No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- KJV
- There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
- WEB
- There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- ASV
- There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- DARBY
- There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.
- BLB
- None were left of the Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did they remain.
- ÅB
- Det ble ingen anakitter igjen i Israels barns land; bare i Gasa, i Gat og i Asdod ble noen levnet.
- OTB
- Ingen anakitter var igjen i Israels territorium; bare i Gaza, Gat, og Asjdod overlevde noen.
- B1930
- Det blev ingen anakitter igjen i Israels barns land; bare i Gasa, i Gat og i Asdod blev nogen levnet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 17:4
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
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from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
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Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
Read in context1 Samuel 5:1
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
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Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
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and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
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three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
Read in contextNehemiah 13:23–24
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
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