Josua 13:4

4 Im Süden das ganze Land der Kanaaniter und Meara, das den Zidoniern gehört, bis Aphek, bis an die Grenze der Amoriter;

Josua 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.

Josua 13:4 In-Context

2 Dies ist das Land, das noch übrig ist: alle Bezirke der Philister und das ganze Gesuri;

3 von dem Sihor, der vor Ägypten fließt, bis an die Grenze von Ekron gegen Norden, wird es zu den Kanaanitern gerechnet; die fünf Fürsten der Philister: der Gasiter, der Asdoditer, der Askaloniter, der Gathiter und der Ekroniter, und die Awim.

4 Im Süden das ganze Land der Kanaaniter und Meara, das den Zidoniern gehört, bis Aphek, bis an die Grenze der Amoriter;

5 und das Land der Gibliter und der ganze Libanon gegen Sonnenaufgang, von Baal-Gad, am Fuße des Berges Hermon, bis man nach Hamath kommt;

6 alle Bewohner des Gebirges, vom Libanon bis Misrephot-Majim, alle Zidonier. Ich selbst werde sie vor den Kindern Israel austreiben; nur verlose es Israel als Erbteil, so wie ich dir geboten habe.