From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
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Interpretation
At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land should be given to the seed of Jacob. We are not to pass over these chapters of hard names as useless.
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This thought runs through Joshua 13:1-5.
Glossary
- Ashdod Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Ashdod.
- Ashkelon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Ashkelon.
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Ekron Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Miqne.
- Gath Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell es Safi.
- Gaza Place
- Called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name. Modern identification: Tell Harube.
- Shihor Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Pelusiac branch of the Nile.