Josué 13:4

4 hacia el sur, toda la tierra de los cananeos, y Mehara que pertenece a los sidonios, hasta Afec, hasta la frontera de los amorreos;

Josué 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:4

From the south, all the land of the Canaanites
That is, of those Canaanites who were particularly so called, in distinction from those of the other nations or tribes, and who dwelt in several parts of the land, some in the east and others in the west, see ( Joshua 11:3 ) ; and, as it seems here, some in the south: now on the side of the south, as Kimchi interprets it, all the land of the Canaanites was left, that is, remained unconquered and not possessed:

and Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians;
the inhabitants of Sidon, and parts adjacent: what this place was, which belonged to the Sidonians, for so it may better be rendered, is not certain; some take it to be a cave belonging to them: Sandys ^F2 speaks of a number of caves cut out of the rock in those parts, called the caves of the Sidonians, and afterwards the caves of Tyre; so it is interpreted by the Targum, and in the Syriac and Arabic versions others take it to be the river Magoras, Pliny ^F3 makes mention of as on the borders of Lebanon near Zidon and Berytus: mention is made of the waters of Mearah along with the waters of Tiberias in Jewish writings ^F4; but rather something of more importance than a cave or a river is meant; most likely a tract of land near Sidon, and which belonged to it, and reached

unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites;
of this place, (See Gill on Joshua 12:18).

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Travels, l. 3. p. 169. Ed. 5.
F3 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 20.
F4 Misn. Sabbat. c. 22. sect. 5. T. Hieros. Sabbat, fol. 6. 1.

Josué 13:4 In-Context

2 Esta es la tierra que queda: todos los distritos de los filisteos y todos los de los gesureos;

3 desde el Sihor, que está al oriente de Egipto, hasta la frontera de Ecrón al norte (que se considera de los cananeos); los cinco príncipes de los filisteos: el gazeo, el asdodeo, el ascaloneo, el geteo, y el ecroneo; también los aveos,

4 hacia el sur, toda la tierra de los cananeos, y Mehara que pertenece a los sidonios, hasta Afec, hasta la frontera de los amorreos;

5 y la tierra de los giblitas, y todo el Líbano hacia el oriente, desde Baal-gad al pie del monte Hermón, hasta Lebo-hamat .

6 A todos los habitantes de la región montañosa desde el Líbano hasta Misrefot-maim, a todos los sidonios, los expulsaré de delante de los hijos de Israel; solamente reparte la tierra por suerte a Israel como heredad tal como te he mandado.