Joshua 11:22
20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
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.
23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
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Compare
- 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
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
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From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
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Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
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And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
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