Acts 13:19

19 God conquered seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave the Israelites their land as an inheritance.

Acts 13:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 13:19

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of
Canaan
The Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites, and Girgashites; and the name of seven nations is what they are usually called by in Jewish writings; and though they were not utterly destroyed, or everyone of them put to death, or driven out, for some remained to be thorns in the sides of the Israelites; yet they were so wasted and conquered, that they could never recover any more: he divided their land to them; every tribe had its portion of it assigned, by lot; see ( Joshua 14:1-3 ) .

Acts 13:19 In-Context

17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors. God made them a great people while they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. With his great power, he led them out of that country.

18 For about forty years, God put up with them in the wilderness.

19 God conquered seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave the Israelites their land as an inheritance.

20 This happened over a period of about four hundred fifty years. “After this, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.

21 The Israelites requested a king, so God gave them Saul, Kish's son, from the tribe of Benjamin, and he served as their king for forty years.