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Joshua 13:2

1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

3 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, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

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

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BSB
This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
KJV
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
WEB
“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
ASV
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
DARBY
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the districts of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
BLB
This [is] the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and all of the Geshurite,
ÅB
Dette er det land som står igjen: Alle filistrenes bygder og hele gesuritter-landet;
OTB
Dette er landet som gjenstår: alle områdene til filisterne og gesjurittene;
B1930
Dette er det land som står igjen: Alle filistrenes bygder og hele gesuritter-landet;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 13:11

    And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

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  • Joel 3:4

    Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

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  • Judges 3:1

    Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:23–24

    Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

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  • Joshua 12:5

    And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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  • Exodus 23:29–31

    I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

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  • 2 Samuel 15:8

    For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

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