Joshua 13:6

All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, 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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
inhabitants	יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
country	הָ֠הָר Ha.hor	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Lebanon	הַלְּבָנ֞וֹן ha.le.va.Non	H3844	Lebanon · definite article + proper noun, a place name
Misrephoth-maim	מִשְׂרְפֹ֥ת mis.re.Fot	H4956	Misrephoth-Majim · proper noun, a place name
Sidonians	צִ֣ידֹנִ֔ים tzi.do.Nim	H6722	a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
out	אוֹרִישֵׁ֔ם 'o.ri.Shem	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
before	מִפְּנֵ֖י mi.pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
lot	הַפִּלֶ֤הָ ha.pi.Le.ha	H5307	to fall · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Israelites	לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ le.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
inheritance	בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה be.na.cha.Lah	H5159	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
commanded	צִוִּיתִֽיךָ tzi.vi.Ti.kha	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Joshua 11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto th…
Numbers 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the f…
Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps…
Judges 2:21-23 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
Genesis 15:18-21 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great ri…
Exodus 23:30-31 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Joshua 14:1-2 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nu…
Joshua 23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 13:1-6

Here, I. God puts Joshua in mind of his old age, v. 1. 1. It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among the thousands of Israel, none except them of all those who were numbered at Mount Sinai being now alive. He had been a man of war from his youth (Exo 17:10); but now he yielded to the infirmities of age, with which it is in vain for the stoutest to think of contesting. It should seem Joshua had not the same strength and vigour in his old age that Moses had; all that come to old age do not find it alike good; generally, the days of old age are evil days, and such as there is no pleasure in, nor expectation of service from. 2.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 13:6

All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim--(See on Jos 11:8) --that is, "all the Sidonians and PhÅ“nicians." them will I drive out--The fulfilment of this promise was conditional. In the event of the Israelites proving unfaithful or disobedient, they would not subdue the districts now specified; and, in point of fact, the Israelites never possessed them though the inhabitants were subjected to the power of David and Solomon. only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance--The parenthetic section being closed, the historian here resumes the main subject of this chapter--the order of God to Joshua to make an immediate allotment of the land…

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Adam Clarke on Joshua 13:6

Misrephoth-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. Some have taken upon them to deny the authenticity of Divine revelation relative to this business, "because," say they, "God is stated to have absolutely promised that Joshua should conquer the whole land, and put the Israelites in possession of it." This is a total mistake. 1. God never absolu…

The Church Fathers

After these things, when he had enumerated very many nations, he said concerning the Sidonians alone: "and all the Sidonians, I myself will exterminate them from the face of the children of Israel." The "Canaanites" too were named, and those also were named who are "over against the face of Egypt," and those who are "from the borders of Ekron" and from the left parts of the rivers, and very many other nations; and concerning the Sidonians alone the Lord says that he "will overthrow" them. Now the "Sidonians," as we have already said before, are interpreted as hunters. Who then are understood to be these evil hunters, whom the Lord "exterminates," if not those adverse powers, concerning whom the prophet says that "they have prepared snares for my feet"? — with which, namely, they hunt and entrap souls unto sin. These, then, the Lord "exterminates"; for if such hunters as these shall have perished, when there is no longer anyone to "stretch out snares" and nets to entrap souls in sin, then "each one shall rest under his own vine and under his own fig tree."
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 16.4

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Dictionary and topics

Lebanon — White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel…
Sidonians — the Greek form of the word Zidonians, usually so exhibited in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament. It occurs (3:9; Joshua 13:4,6; Judges 3:3; 1 Kings 5:6) [Zidon, Or Sidon]
Zidon, Or Sidon — (Genesis 10:15,19; Joshua 11:8; 19:28; Judges 1:31; 18:28; Isaiah 23:2,4,12; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:3; Ezekiel 28:21,22; Joel 3:4) (Joel 4:4); Zech 9:2; Matt 11:21,22; 15:21; Mark 3:8; 1:24,31; Luke…
Zidonians — the inhabitants of Zidon. They were among the nations of Canaan; left to give the Israelites practice in the art of war, (Judges 3:3) and colonies of them appear to have spread up into the hill…
Geshur · of, not subdued by the Israelites — of, not subdued by the Israelites
Israel · .Al — .Al
Lebanon · Given to Israel — Given to Israel
Misrephoth-Maim · A city of east Zidon — A city of east Zidon
Sidon · .Belonged to the land of Israel according to a promise — .Belonged to the land of Israel according to a promise
Sidonians, The · Territory of: Given by God to Israel — Territory of: Given by God to Israel
Theocracy, The, Or Immediate Government By God · Consisted in his: Distribution of conquered lands — Consisted in his: Distribution of conquered lands

Joshua 13:6

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Matthew Henry on Joshua 13:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 13:6

Adam Clarke on Joshua 13:6

The Church Fathers

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Joshua 13:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 13:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 13:6

Adam Clarke on Joshua 13:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Joshua 13:6

John Calvin on Joshua 13:1-14

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 13:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 13:6-7

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