Joshua 13:4
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| Overview - Joshua 13 | |
| 1 | The bounds of the land not yet conquered. |
| 8 | The inheritance of the two tribes and half. |
| 14 | The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi. |
| 15 | The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben. |
| 22 | Balaam slain. |
| 24 | The bounds of the inheritance of Gad; |
| 29 | and of the half tribe of Manasseh. |
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Joshua 13:4 (King James Version)
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
- the land of
- 10:40 11:3 Joshua 12:7 Joshua 12:8
- 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. 19:30 1 Samuel 4:1
- the Amorites
- Judges 1:34-36