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Judges 3:3

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the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance of Hamath.

KJV

Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

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This verse in Judges 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Namely, five lords of the Philistines,.... The places they were lords of were Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; see Jos 13:3; three of these, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, had been taken from them by Judah, since the death of Joshua, Jdg 1:18; but they soon recovered them again, perhaps by the help of the other two.

This site's exposition

these are the nations which the Lord left

on Judges 3:1-4

Chapter 2 gave the nations left as a sentence and a test, and verse 2 here adds a purpose that chapter did not state, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof. Exodus 23:29 and 23:30 had given another reason again, that the land not become desolate and the beasts of the field multiply, so Scripture states several purposes for one fact and none of them cancels another. Verse 4 names what the test measures, whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, so the generation of 2:10 that knew nothing is examined on what its fathers were told.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Lords - Seranim, a title used exclusively of the princes of the five Philistine cities. The title is probably of Phoenician origin. Joshua appears to have smitten and subdued the Hivites as far north as Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7, but no further Jos 13:5. There was an unsubdued Hivite population to the north of Baal-hermon (probably Baal-Gad under Hermon, since it is not synonymous with Hermon; see 1Ch 5:23), to the entering in of Hamath: i. e. in the fertile valley of Coele-Syria.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀[the] five

    chameshetH2568 →343 times

  • סַרְנֵ֣י[the] rulers of

    sarneiH5633 →22 times

  • פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים[the] Philistines

    felishtimH6430 →287 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙the Canaanite[s]

    hakenaaniH3669 →73 times

  • וְהַצִּ֣ידֹנִ֔יand the Sidonian[s]

    vehatzidoniH6722 →16 times

  • וְהַ֣חִוִּ֔יand the Hivite[s]

    vehachiviH2340 →

  • יֹשֵׁ֖ב[who] dwelt of

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • הַ֣ר[the] mount of

    harH2022 →546 times

  • הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן<the> Lebanon

    halevanonH3844 →

  • מֵהַר֙from [the] mountain of

    meharH2022 →546 times

  • בַּ֣עַלBaal

    baalH1179 →

  • חֶרְמ֔וֹןHermon

    chermonH1179 →

  • עַ֖דto

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • לְב֥וֹאLebo

    levo'H935 →2568 times

  • חֲמָֽת׃Hamath

    chamatH2574 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 11:3to 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.5 works1 Samuel 6:4“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.5 worksJoshua 13:3All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;4 works1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.4 worksJoshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.3 works1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 6:16And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.3 worksJudges 1:18And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.3 works1 Samuel 13:19–23And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”2 works1 Samuel 4:1–2Thus 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.2 worksDeuteronomy 3:9which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—2 worksJudges 4:2So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.2 worksJudges 10:7So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,2 worksGenesis 10:15–19And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,2 worksJoshua 11:8–13and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.2 worksJudges 4:23–24On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.2 works1 Samuel 13:5Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.2 works1 Samuel 29:2As the Philistine leaders marched out their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 13:5

    the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 5:18

      So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

    • Joshua 12:7

      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…

    • Ezekiel 27:9

      The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

    • Psalms 83:7

      of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 3:9

    which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 5:23

      Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).

    • Psalms 29:6

      He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.

  • Through

    Joshua 13:3

    All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 2:18

      Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

    • Deuteronomy 2:23

      And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

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About Judges

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 3 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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