Joshua 13:13
in Joshua 13but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
KJV
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseNevertheless, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites,.... Neither in the times of Moses, nor in the times of Joshua: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day: in full possession of their cities unmolested; yea, in later times they became separate and distinct kingdoms; for we read both of the king of Geshur, and of the king of Maachah, 2Sa 3:3.
This site's exposition
along with the Reubenites and Gadites
on Joshua 13:8-14
The east side is land Moses had already given, so Sihon and Og's defeat and the request of Numbers 32 stand without being reopened. Geshur and Maacath "dwell among the Israelites to this day", and Henry lays that on Israel's faith, prayers and endeavours rather than on God's promise.
This site's exposition
So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day
The words to this day place the writer at a time when Geshur and Maacath still stood apart inside Israel's borders. John Gill notes that both later had kings of their own. The king of Maacah is hired against David at 2 Samuel 10:6.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They had not leisure to reduce all the remote and obscure corners of the country in Moses's time, and afterwards they had no mind to it, being easy with what they had. Thus those who are not straitened in God's promises are yet straitened in their own faith, and prayers, and endeavours.
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.
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
16 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹרִ֙ישׁוּ֙ | horishu | they dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י | hageshuri | the Geshurite[s] | H1651 → | 6 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמַּעֲכָתִ֑י | hamaakhati | the Maacathite[s] | H4602 → | 8 times |
| וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and it has dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| גְּשׁ֤וּר | geshur | Geshur | H1650 → | |
| וּמַֽעֲכָת֙ | umaakhat | and Maacah | H4601 → | |
| בְּקֶ֣רֶב | bekerev | in [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
הוֹרִ֙ישׁוּ֙they dispossessed
horishuH3423 →231 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖יthe Geshurite[s]
hageshuriH1651 →6 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמַּעֲכָתִ֑יthe Maacathite[s]
hamaakhatiH4602 →8 times
וַיֵּ֨שֶׁבand it has dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
גְּשׁ֤וּרGeshur
geshurH1650 →
וּמַֽעֲכָת֙and Maacah
umaakhatH4601 →
בְּקֶ֣רֶבin [the] midst of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Numbers 33:55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you…
it leads to
- Judges 2:3
So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
- Psalms 106:34–36
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
- Joshua 23:12–13
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
- Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
- Exodus 23:33
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Judges 2:3
Through
Joshua 13:11also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
it leads to
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 4:47–48
They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
- Joshua 12:2–5
Sihon 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…
- 1 Chronicles 2:23
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
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.