Joshua 13:2

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the land that remains:

Hebrew Names Version
This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Pelishtim, and all the Geshuri;

King James Version
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Lexham English Bible
This is the remaining land: all the regions of the Philistines, and all of the Geshurites,

English Standard Version
This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites

New Century Version
This is what is left: the regions of Geshur and of the Philistines;

New English Translation
This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,

Amplified Bible
"This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;

New American Standard Bible
"This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;

Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the land that remaineth, all the regions of the Philistims, and all Geshuri,

Legacy Standard Bible
This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;

Contemporary English Version
First, there is the Canaanite territory that starts at the Shihor River just east of Egypt and goes north to Ekron. The southern part of this region belongs to the Avvites and the Geshurites, and the land around Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron belongs to the five Philistine rulers. The other Canaanite territory is in the north. Its northern border starts at the town of Arah, which belongs to the Sidonians. From there, it goes to Aphek, then along the Amorite border to Hamath Pass. The eastern border starts at Hamath Pass and goes south to Baal-Gad at the foot of Mount Hermon, and its southern boundary runs west from there to Misrephoth-Maim. This northern region includes the Lebanon Mountains and the land that belongs to the Gebalites and the Sidonians who live in the hill country from the Lebanon Mountains to Misrephoth-Maim. With my help, Israel will capture these Canaanite territories and force out the people who live there. But you must divide up the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea among the nine tribes and the half of Manasseh that don't have any land yet. Then each tribe will have its own land.

Complete Jewish Bible
"This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the P'lishtim and all the G'shuri,

Darby Translation
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the districts of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,

Easy-to-Read Version
You have not yet taken the land of Geshur or the land of the Philistines.

George Lamsa Translation
This is the land that yet remains in all regions of the Philistines and in all the country of En-dor,

Good News Translation
all the territory of Philistia and Geshur,

Literal Translation
This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and there remayneth yet moch of the londe to conquere, namely all Galile of the Philistynes, and all Gessuri,

American Standard Version
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

Bible in Basic English
This is the land which is still to be taken: all the country of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is the lande that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and al Gessuri:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

King James Version (1611)
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this is the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite,

English Revised Version
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

Berean Standard Bible
This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that is, al Galile, Filistiym, and al Gessuri,

Young's Literal Translation
`This [is] the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Update Bible Version
This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

Webster's Bible Translation
This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

World English Bible
This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

New King James Version
This is the land that yet remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all that of the Geshurites,

New Living Translation
This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

New Life Bible
This is the land that is left. There is all the land of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

New Revised Standard
This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the land that remaineth, - all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshuri;

Douay-Rheims Bible
To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri.

Revised Standard Version
This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Gesh'urites

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;

Contextual Overview

¹When Joshua had reached a venerable age, God said to him, "You've had a good, long life, but there is a lot of land still to be taken. This is the land that remains: all the districts of the Philistines and Geshurites; the land from the Shihor River east of Egypt to the border of Ekron up north, Canaanite country (there were five Philistine tyrants—in Gaza, in Ashdod, in Ashkelon, in Gath, in Ekron); also the Avvim from the south; all the Canaanite land from Arah (belonging to the Sidonians) to Aphek at the Amorite border; the country of the Gebalites; all Lebanon eastward from Baal Gad in the shadow of Mount Hermon to the Entrance of Hamath; all who live in the mountains, from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim; all the Sidonians. "I myself will drive them out before the People of Israel. All you have to do is allot this land to Israel as an inheritance, as I have instructed you. Do it now: Allot this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh." The other half-tribe of Manasseh, with the Reubenites and Gadites, had been given their inheritance by Moses on the other side of the Jordan eastward. Moses the servant of God gave it to them. This land extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge and the city in the middle of the valley, taking in the entire tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon, and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, and out to the border of the Ammonites. It also included Gilead, the country of the people of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was one of the last survivors of the Rephaim. Moses had defeated them and taken their land. The People of Israel never did drive out the Geshurites and the Maacathites—they're still there, living in Israel. Levi was the only tribe that did not receive an inheritance. The Fire-Gift-Offerings to God , the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as he told them. To the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan, Moses gave: the land from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge and the town in the middle of the valley, including the tableland around Medeba; Heshbon on the tableland with all its towns (Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on Valley Mountain, Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth); and all the cities of the tableland, the whole kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon, whom Moses put to death along with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who lived in that country, all puppets of Sihon. (In addition to those killed in battle, Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer, was put to death by the People of Israel.) The boundary for the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan River. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites, their villages and cities, according to their clans. To the tribe of Gad, clan by clan, Moses gave: the territory of Jazer and all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer near Rabbah; the land from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the region of Debir; in the valley: Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, north to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth). This was the inheritance of the Gadites, their cities and villages, clan by clan. To the half-tribe of Manasseh, clan by clan, Moses gave: the land stretching out from Mahanaim; all of Bashan, which is the entire kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair in Bashan—sixty towns in all. Half of Gilead with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan, belong to the descendants of Makir, a son of Manasseh (in other words, the half-tribe of the children of Makir) for their clans. This is the inheritance that Moses gave out when he was on the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho. But Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. God , the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as he told them. ⁷The Receiving of the Land When Joshua had reached a venerable age, God said to him, "You've had a good, long life, but there is a lot of land still to be taken. This is the land that remains: all the districts of the Philistines and Geshurites; the land from the Shihor River east of Egypt to the border of Ekron up north, Canaanite country (there were five Philistine tyrants—in Gaza, in Ashdod, in Ashkelon, in Gath, in Ekron); also the Avvim from the south; all the Canaanite land from Arah (belonging to the Sidonians) to Aphek at the Amorite border; the country of the Gebalites; all Lebanon eastward from Baal Gad in the shadow of Mount Hermon to the Entrance of Hamath; all who live in the mountains, from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim; all the Sidonians. "I myself will drive them out before the People of Israel. All you have to do is allot this land to Israel as an inheritance, as I have instructed you. Do it now: Allot this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the land: Exodus 23:29-31, Deuteronomy 11:23, Deuteronomy 11:24, Judges 3:1

borders: Genesis 10:14, Genesis 26:1, Joel 3:4

Geshuri: Joshua 13:11, Joshua 13:13, Joshua 12:5, 1 Samuel 27:8, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 15:8

Reciprocal: Joshua 23:4 - Behold 2 Chronicles 9:26 - river Obadiah 1:19 - the plain

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold.

Genesis 13:3
He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God .

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 13:12
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold. He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God . Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents. But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there—quarrels broke out between Abram's shepherds and Lot's shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on the land at the time. Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left." Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom.

Genesis 13:13
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .

Proverbs 10:22
God 's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This [is] the land that yet remaineth,.... Unconquered and not enjoyed, namely, what is after described; and this account is given for Joshua's information, that he might know what to divide, and for the people of Israel's sake, that they might know what they had a right to a claim upon; what they should endeavour to possess themselves of, and what the Lord would deliver into their hands, provided they were obedient to his will, for, because they were not, hence many of these places never came into their possession, though divided to them by lot:

all the borders of the Philistines; whose country bordered and lay upon the shores of the Mediterranean sea, in the southwest of the land of Canaan:

and all Geshuri; the principal city belonging to it is said to be in Syria, 2 Samuel 15:8; and had a king over it in the times of David, 2 Samuel 3:3; and seems never to have come into the hands of the Israelites.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This and Joshua 13:3 name the still unconquered districts in the southern half of the land, Joshua 13:4-6 those in the north.

Geshuri - A district on the south of Philistia, the inhabitants of which are again named in 1 Samuel 27:8; but are not to be confounded with the land of the Geshurites mentioned in Joshua 13:13; Joshua 12:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 13:2. The 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.