Joshua 11:22

22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.

Joshua 11:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 11:22

There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children
of Israel
For those that escaped the sword fled elsewhere, particularly to the following places:

only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod there remained;
that is, some of the Anakims or giants; these were three of the five principalities of the Philistines, and were never conquered and possessed by Israel, see ( Joshua 13:3 ) ; of the city of Gaza, (See Gill on Amos 1:7); (See Gill on Amos 1:8); and (See Gill on Zephaniah 2:4); and of Gath, (See Gill on Amos 6:2); Ashdod is the same with Azotus, (See Gill on Acts 8:40): Mela says ^F8, the port of Azotus was a mart for the merchandises of Arabia, and was built on such an eminence, that from the top of it, at the fourth watch, might be seen the rising of the sun at the mountain Azotus; see

``Who discomfited the right wing, and pursued them unto the mount Azotus.'' (1 Maccabees 9:15)

this city held out a siege of twenty nine years against Psammitticus, king of Egypt, (See Gill on Isaiah 20:1).

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 De Situ Orbis, l. 1. c. 10.

Joshua 11:22 In-Context

20 For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

21 And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountain of Judah, and from all the mountain of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly, with their cities.

22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.

23 And Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war.