Joshua 11:22

22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.

Joshua 11:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 No Anakim were left in the land of the People of Israel, except in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod - there were a few left there.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 None of the people of Anak remained in Israel. Some of them were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 There weren't any Anakites left alive in Israel's territory. But a few were left alive in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod.

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).


FOOTNOTES:

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

Joshua 11:22 In-Context

20 For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
21 At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns.
22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
23 So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 10:19
  • 2. Joshua 12:17; Joshua 19:13; 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Kings 2:39; 2 Kings 14:25; 1 Chronicles 8:13; Amos 6:2
  • 3. Joshua 15:47; 1 Samuel 5:1; Isaiah 20:1
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