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Joshua 13:11

in Joshua 13

also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;

KJV

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

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This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
And Gilead,.... The land of Gilead, which was part of the kingdom of Og, half of which was given to Reuben, and the other half to Gad: and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites; of which see Deu 3:14, and all Mount Hermon; called also Sirion, Shenir, and Sion, Deu 3:9, and all Bashan unto Salcah; another part of the dominions of Og, Deu 3:10.

This site's exposition

the Reubenites and the Gadites

on Joshua 13:8-14

The chapter turns back east and enters what Moses had already given as settled title, so the defeat of Sihon and Og in Numbers 21 and the request of Numbers 32 are written into Joshua's record without being reopened. Verse 13 admits the exception, that Geshur and Maachah were never expelled and dwell among Israel until this day, and Geshur later has a king whose daughter Maacah bears Absalom at 2 Samuel 3:3 and shelters him for three years at 2 Samuel 13:37. Matthew Henry lays that on Israel rather than on the grant, writing that those who are not straitened in God's promises are yet straitened in their own faith, and prayers, and endeavours. Verse 14 gives Levi no land because the offerings made by fire are their portion, which is the wording of Numbers 18:20 and Deuteronomy 18:1 carried over.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

From the remnant of the giants— who were slain by Kedorlaomeir and the kings who were aligned with him, as it is said, “And they struck the Rephaim in Ashteros Karnayim.” 8 Bereishis:5.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Joshua 13:12:1, via Sefaria, The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

11 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.

  • וְהַגִּלְעָ֞דand <the> Gilead

    vehagiladH1568 →134 times

  • וּגְב֧וּלand [the] territory of

    ugevulH1366 →240 times

  • הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣יthe Geshurite[s]

    hageshuriH1651 →6 times

  • וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗יand the Maacathite[s]

    vehamaakhatiH4602 →8 times

  • וְכֹ֨לand all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַ֥ר[the] mountain of

    harH2022 →546 times

  • חֶרְמ֛וֹןHermon

    chermonH2768 →13 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַבָּשָׁ֖ן<the> Bashan

    habashanH1316 →60 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • סַלְכָֽה׃Salecah

    salkhahH5548 →

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

Related verses

11 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.

Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.7 works1 Chronicles 5:11The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:5 worksJoshua 12:5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.4 worksJoshua 13:2This is the land that remains:4 worksJoshua 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.3 worksJoshua 13:13but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.3 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 4:47–48They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—2 works1 Chronicles 2:23But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.2 worksJoshua 12:2–5Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,2 worksJoshua 22:9So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.2 works1 Chronicles 5:23Now 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).2 works

The walk

5 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

    1 Chronicles 2:23

    But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:30

      The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

    • Numbers 32:41–42

      Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

    • Deuteronomy 3:14

      Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this…

    • 2 Samuel 13:38

      After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

    • Joshua 13:13

      but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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