Joshua 13:2
New International Version
“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites,

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

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;

NASB 1977
“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;

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

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

Christian Standard Bible
This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The land that is left includes all the districts that belong to the Philistines and Geshur.

Good News Translation
all the territory of Philistia and Geshur,

International Standard Version
This territory remains: all of the Philistine regions, including all Geshurite holdings

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

NET Bible
This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,

New Heart English Bible
This is the land that still 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 still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
This [is] the land that is left: all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

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

Smith's Literal Translation
This the land being left: all the circuit of Philisteim, and all Geshuri,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri.

Catholic Public Domain Version
specifically, all of Galilee, Philistia, and all of Geshur;

New American Bible
This is the remaining land: all Geshur and all the districts of the Philistines

New Revised Standard Version
This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
This is the land that yet remains in all regions of the Philistines and in all the country of En-dor,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
This is the land which remained in all Galilee of the Philistines and in all the country of Eindor
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And this is the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Lands Yet Unconquered
1Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. 2This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, 3from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:12-13
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities. / To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)

Numbers 34:1-12
Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries: / Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, ...

Judges 3:1-3
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, / if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: / the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

1 Kings 5:18
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

Ezekiel 47:13-21
This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions. / You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance. / This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, ...

Genesis 10:15-19
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, / the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, / the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ...

Exodus 23:31
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

1 Chronicles 22:2
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

Psalm 83:6-8
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, / of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. / Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

Isaiah 9:1
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Zephaniah 2:5
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

Matthew 15:21-28
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. / And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” / But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” ...

Mark 7:24-30
Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. / Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. / Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. ...


Treasury of Scripture

This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

the land

Exodus 23:29-31
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee…

Deuteronomy 11:23,24
Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves…

Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

borders

Genesis 10:14
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Joel 3:4
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

Geshuri

Joshua 13:11,13
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; …

Joshua 12:5
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

1 Samuel 27:8
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

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This is the land that remains
This phrase introduces the territories that were yet to be conquered by the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "remains" is "sha'ar," which implies something left over or remaining. This suggests that despite the significant victories already achieved, there was still work to be done. Historically, this reflects the ongoing struggle of the Israelites to fully possess the Promised Land, a task that required continued faith and obedience to God's commands.

all the territory of the Philistines
The Philistines were a significant and persistent enemy of Israel. The Hebrew term for Philistines is "P'lishtim," which is derived from a root meaning "to roll" or "to wallow," possibly indicating their migratory nature. Archaeologically, the Philistines are known to have been part of the Sea Peoples who settled along the coastal regions of Canaan. Their presence in the land was a constant challenge to Israel, symbolizing the ongoing spiritual and physical battles God's people face.

and all the Geshurites
The Geshurites were a lesser-known group, and their name in Hebrew, "Geshuri," is related to the root "gashar," meaning "to join" or "to bridge." This could imply their geographical position as a bridge between different territories. Historically, they occupied regions in the northeast of Israel, and their mention here underscores the comprehensive nature of the land yet to be claimed by Israel.

Verse 2. - This is the land which yet remaineth. The powerful league of the Philistines, as well as the tribes near them, remained unsubdued. In the north, likewise, the neighbourhood of Sidon, and the territory of Coele, Syria, which lay between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, was as yet in the hands of the enemy. Rabbis Kimchi and Solomon Jarchi translate by "borders." Masius suggests the French marque (which was the old German mark), and the modern German grenze. All the borders of the Philistines. Literally, all the circles (Geliloth) of the Philistines. The expression is found in several places in this book (see Joshua 18:17; Joshua 22:10, 11). We may compare the expression the circles of Swabia, Franconia, etc., in the history of Germany. The expression here may have more affinity with what is known as the "mark system" in the history of ancient Germany, and refer to the patch of cultivated ground which extended for some distance round each city. But this is rendered improbable by the fact that one circle only retained its name (Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32), and is still known as Galilee (see notes on these passages). Galilee was too large a district to have been originally a clearing round a town. Geshur (see note on Joshua 12:5). Ewald (see also Hitzig,' Geschichte des Volkes Israel,' p. 20) conjectures that these Geshurites were the aboriginal inhabitants of the country (see 1 Samuel 27:8), and were the same as the Avites or Avvites. See next verse, where the Avvites are distinguished from the five lords of the Philistines. It is worthy of remark that the name Talmai, the name of one of the "sons of Anak" (Joshua 15:14), comes in again as the name of a king of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3 13:37). It occurs, however, as a Hebrew name in Bartholomew, or Bar-Tolmai, i.e., the son of Talmai, or Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles. Ewald supposes that these aborigines were dispossessed by the Canaanitish tribes, and that the old name of Geshur was still applied to those regions on which this primitive race had retained its hold.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This
זֹ֥את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

is the land
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

that remains:
הַנִּשְׁאָ֑רֶת (han·niš·’ā·reṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the territory
גְּלִיל֥וֹת (gə·lî·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1552: A circuit, boundary, territory, also a district in Palestine

of the Philistines
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (hap·pə·liš·tîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

and the Geshurites,
הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃ (hag·gə·šū·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1651: Geshurites -- inhabitants of Geshur, also a people South of Philistia


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