Joshua 13:4 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 13:4

to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

BSB

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ASV

on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The land of the Canaanites - This lay on the south of the country of the Philistines, towards the sea-coast. Mearah - Supposed to be the city Maratha, on the Mediterranean Sea. - Calmet. Or the river Majora, which falls into the Mediterranean Sea, between Sidon and Berytus. See Pliny, Hist. Nat. lib. v., c. 20. Aphek - See on Jos 12:18 (note).

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִתֵּימָ֞ן	mi.tei.Man	from [the] south	H8486 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗י	ha.ke.na.'a.Ni	the Canaanite[s]	H3669 →
וּמְעָרָ֛ה	u.me.'a.Rah	and Mearah	H4632 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים	la.tzi.do.Nim	[belongs] to the Sidonians	H6722 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
אֲפֵ֑קָה	'a.Fe.kah	Aphek towards	H663 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	to	H5704 →
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	[the] border of	H1366 →
הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃	ha.'e.mo.Ri	the Amorite[s]	H567 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 2:10
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:7
  Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these…
- Exodus 12:51
  And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
- Amos 3:1
  Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
- Acts 7:42
  But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and…
- Exodus 3:8
  I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
Through
1 Samuel 4:1
Thus 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.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 29:1
  Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- 1 Kings 20:30
  The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 7:12
  Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Joshua