Joshua 13:1-15
Joshua <03091> [A.M. 2560. B.C. 1444. An. Ex. Is. 47. Joshua.]
conquered <03423> [to be possessed. Heb. to possess it.]
land <0776> [the land.]
territory <01552> [borders.]
Geshurites <01651> [Geshuri.]
Shihor River <07883> [Sihor.]
regarded as <02803> [which is counted.]
five ... lords <02568 05633> [five Lords.]
The Philistine were not descended from Canaan, but from Mizraim, the son of Ham; (compare Ge 10:6 with ver. 13;) yet they were numbered with the Canaanites in this distribution.
<05761> [Avites.]
[Avims.]
Canaanite territory <0776 03669> [the land of.]
Arah <04632> [Mearah. or, the cave. Aphek.]
This is probably the Aphek spoken of in 1 Ki 20:26. 2 Ki 13:18, as the capital of the kings of Syria; and the same as is mentioned by Sozomen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim,) between Heliopolis and Byblos, and celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite. The village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site. Burckhardt, however, could not hear of any remains of antiquity in it neighbourhood.
Amorite <0567> [the Amorites.]
Byblos <01382> [Giblites.]
Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal, (Eze 27:9,) or Byblos, as the LXX. render, a city of Phoenicia, situated on the Mediterranean, between Sidon and Tripoli, on the north of the river Adonis. It is now called Gibyle, of Djebail, situated about a day's journey south of Tripoli. Its walls are about a mile in circumference, with square towers about every forty yards' distance. Anciently it must have been a place of no mean extent and of considerable beauty, from the ruins still visible.
Lebanon <03844> [Lebanon.]
Baal Gad <01171> [Baal-gad.]
Mount <02022> [under mount.]
<0935> [unto the.]
Misrephoth <04956> [Misrephoth-maim.]
drive <03423> [them.]
sure <05307> [only divide.]
Moses ...... assigned <05414 04872> [Moses gave.]
Aroer <06177> [Aroer.]
plain <04334> [all the plain.]
Og <05747> [Og.]
Moses <04872> [these did.]
conquer <03423> [expelled.]
[See the Note on verse 33.]
