Joshua 13:6
in Joshua 13All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
KJV
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth–maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
9 notes on this verseMisrephoth-maim - See on Jos 11:7 (note). These will I drive out - That is, if the Israelites continued to be obedient; but they did not, and therefore they never fully possessed the whole of that land which, on this condition alone, God had promised them: the Sidonians were never expelled by the Israelites, and were only brought into a state of comparative subjection in the days of David and Solomon.
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
I Myself will drive out before the Israelites
God takes the driving out on Himself. John Wesley reads the promise as one that still required Israel to go up against these peoples. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown call its fulfilment conditional, and Judges 1:31 records that Asher failed to drive out the people of Sidon.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
After these things, when he had enumerated very many nations, of the Sidonites alone he said, "And I shall exterminate all the Sidonites from the face of the sons of Israel." The Canaanites were also named, and those who were opposite Egypt were mentioned, and those who were from the region of Ekron and from the left portions of the river, and very many other nations; but concerning the Sidonites alone, the Lord says that he will destroy them. Just as we have said previously, however, the Sidonites are called "hunters."
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
I will do it by my word; so the Chaldee here, as in many other places: by the eternal word, the captain of my host. But the promise of driving them out from before the children of Israel, supposes that the Israelites must use their own endeavours, must go up against them. If Israel, thro' sloth or cowardice let them alone, they are not likely to be driven out.
30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
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All the inhabitants of the hill country,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The King James Version would exhibit the sense more clearly if the words from the beginning of Jos 13:2 to the words “the Sidonians” in this verse were placed in a parenthesis, and the order of the words before us changed thus: “I will drive them out.” The “them” meaning the inhabitants of the “very much land to be possessed,” spoken of in Jos 13:1.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הָ֠הָר | hahor | the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| מִֽן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַלְּבָנ֞וֹן | halevanon | <the> Lebanon | H3844 → | 71 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מִשְׂרְפֹ֥ת | misrefot | Misrephoth | H4956 → | 4 times |
| מַ֙יִם֙ | mayim | Maim | H4956 → | 4 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צִ֣ידֹנִ֔ים | tzidonim | [the] Sidonians | H6722 → | |
| אָֽנֹכִי֙ | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| אוֹרִישֵׁ֔ם | ʾorishem | I will dispossess them | H3423 → | 231 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֖י | mipenei | from before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| רַ֠ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| הַפִּלֶ֤הָ | hapileha | make fall it | H5307 → | 435 times |
| לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | leyisrael | to Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה | benachalah | <in> an inheritance | H5159 → | 222 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃ | tzivitikha | I have commanded you | H6680 → | 494 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
הָ֠הָרthe hill country
hahorH2022 →546 times
מִֽן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַלְּבָנ֞וֹן<the> Lebanon
halevanonH3844 →71 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
מִשְׂרְפֹ֥תMisrephoth
misrefotH4956 →4 times
מַ֙יִם֙Maim
mayimH4956 →4 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
צִ֣ידֹנִ֔ים[the] Sidonians
tzidonimH6722 →
אָֽנֹכִי֙I
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
אוֹרִישֵׁ֔םI will dispossess them
ʾorishemH3423 →231 times
מִפְּנֵ֖יfrom before
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
רַ֠קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
הַפִּלֶ֤הָmake fall it
hapilehaH5307 →435 times
לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙to Israel
leyisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה<in> an inheritance
benachalahH5159 →222 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃I have commanded you
tzivitikhaH6680 →494 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
Joshua 23:13know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and…
it leads to
- 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.
- Numbers 33:55
But 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…
- 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 2:2–3
and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
- Psalms 69:22
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
Through
Joshua 23:4See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:6–7
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I…
- Joshua 13:2
This is the land that remains:
- Joshua 13:6–7
Through
Joshua 11:8and 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.…
it leads to
- Joshua 19:28
It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Joshua 19:28
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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; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 16.4.