Acts 13:19

19 And [after] destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave their land [to his people] 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 fathers and exalted the people during [their] stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

18 And for a period of time [of] about forty years, he put up with them in the wilderness.

19 And [after] destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave their land [to his people] as an inheritance.

20 [This took] about four hundred and fifty years. And after these [things], he gave [them] judges until Samuel the prophet.

21 And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, [for] forty years.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("destroying") which is understood as temporal
• [b] *The words "[to his people]" are supplied as a clarification of who received the land