Joshua 13:2
in Joshua 13This is the land that remains:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
KJV
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri - The borders of the Philistines may mean the land which they possessed on the sea-coast, southwest of the land of Canaan. There were several places named Geshuri, but that spoken of here was probably the region on the south of Canaan, towards Arabia, or towards Egypt. - Calmet. Cellarius supposes it to have been a country in the vicinity of the Amalekites.
This site's exposition
very much of the land remains to be possessed
on Joshua 13:1-7
Joshua 21:45 says none of the LORD's good promises failed, verse 1 says "very much of the land remains to be possessed", and both stand. Adam Clarke reads the remainder against the condition of obedience, noting that the Sidonians were never expelled and were only subdued under David and Solomon.
This site's exposition
This is the land that remains
Verses 2 to 6 survey the unconquered land. Albert Barnes divides it between the Philistine south of verses 2 and 3 and the northern districts of verses 4 to 6. John Wesley reads the survey as land Israel could still take if it kept faith.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
But follow me, O hearer, through delicate threads of expression, and I shall disclose to you how for a second time he takes possession of this earth, very much of which is now said to Jesus to be left behind. Listen to what Paul says concerning this: "For he must reign until he makes all his enemies his footstool." This, therefore, is the "land," much of which is now said to be left behind, until all are placed entirely under his feet and until he takes possession of all persons for his inheritance.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Remaineth - Unconquered by thee, and to be conquered by the Israelites, if they behave themselves aright. All Geshuri - A people in the northeast of Canaan, as the Philistines are on the southwest.
This is the land that yet remaineth,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Both included that portion of the country "from Sihor, which is before Egypt," a small brook near El-Arish, which on the east was the southern boundary of Canaan, to Ekron, the most northerly of the five chief lordships or principalities of the Philistines. 3, 4. also the Avites: From [on] the south--The two clauses are thus connected in the Septuagint and many other versions.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This and Jos 13:3 name the still unconquered districts in the southern half of the land, Jos 13:4-6 those in the north. Geshuri - A district on the south of Philistia, the inhabitants of which are again named in 1Sa 27:8; but are not to be confounded with the land of the Geshurites mentioned in Jos 13:13; Jos 12:5.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
A great deal of the land remains— Of the land I promised to Avrohom, much remains to be possessed [as an inheritance], for it has not been conquered. 1 And since you are old, you will not be able to do so in your lifetime.
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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֥את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | [is] the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַנִּשְׁאָ֑רֶת | hanisharet | which remains | H7604 → | 133 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גְּלִיל֥וֹת | gelilot | [the] territories of | H1552 → | 5 times |
| הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | hapelishtim | the Philistines | H6430 → | |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃ | hageshuri | the Geshurite[s] | H1651 → | 6 times |
זֹ֥אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
הָאָ֖רֶץ[is] the land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַנִּשְׁאָ֑רֶתwhich remains
hanisharetH7604 →133 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
גְּלִיל֥וֹת[the] territories of
gelilotH1552 →5 times
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםthe Philistines
hapelishtimH6430 →
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃the Geshurite[s]
hageshuriH1651 →6 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
Judges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
it leads to
- Judges 2:21–22
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
- Proverbs 17:3
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- Judges 2:21–22
Through
Joel 3:4Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return…
it leads to
- Amos 1:6–10
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
- Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Amos 1:6–10
Through
1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:7–8
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 15:7–8
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 16.3.