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Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod <i>some</i> remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />There were no Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod [of Philistia] some remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />There were not any Anakim left in the regions where the Israelites lived, although there were still some in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />None of the people of Anak remained in Israel. Some of them were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />None of the Anakim were left in the land of Israel; a few, however, were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />None of the Anakim remained in the land belonging to the Israelis—they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />There has not been Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, were they left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> There hath not been left Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, were they left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />An Anakim was not left in the land of the sons of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, they were left.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He left not any of the stock of the Enacims, in the land of the children of Israel: except the cities of Gaza, and Geth, and Azotus, in which alone they were left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He did not leave any from the stock of the Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel, except the cities of Gaza, and Gath, and Ashdod, which alone were left behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />so that no Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. However, some survived in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />None of the Anakim was left in the land of the Israelites; some remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />There was none of the giants left remaining in the land of the children of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did any remain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And no giant was left in the land of the children of Israel, except only in Aza, and in Geth and in Ashduud which were left<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />There was not <i>any one</i> left of the Enakim by the children of Israel, only there was left of them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in Aseldo.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/11-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=3083" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Joshua Takes the Whole Land</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/6062.htm" title="6062: ‘ă·nā·qîm (N-proper-mp) -- Neck, a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia. Patronymically from Anaq; an Anakite or descendant of Anak.">Anakim</a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: nō·w·ṯar (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">were left</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of the Israelites;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">only</a> <a href="/hebrew/5804.htm" title="5804: bə·‘az·zāh (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A Philistine city. Feminine of az; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine.">in Gaza,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1661.htm" title="1661: bə·ḡaṯ (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Wine press, a Philistine city. The same as gath; Gath, a Philistine city.">Gath,</a> <a href="/hebrew/795.htm" title="795: ū·ḇə·’aš·dō·wḏ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A city of the Philistines. From shadad; ravager; Ashdod, a place in Palestine.">and Ashdod</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: niš·’ā·rū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">did any survive.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28-33</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. / The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.” / Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10-11</a></span><br />(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. / Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-2.htm">Deuteronomy 9:2</a></span><br />The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/1-20.htm">Judges 1:20</a></span><br />Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4-7</a></span><br />Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, / and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, / and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-15.htm">2 Samuel 21:15-22</a></span><br />Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted. / Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. / But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/20-4.htm">1 Chronicles 20:4-8</a></span><br />Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued. / Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. / And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a></span><br />Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Genesis 6:4</a></span><br />The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a></span><br />Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a></span><br />(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a></span><br />And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Judges 3:3</a></span><br />the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">1 Samuel 17:49-51</a></span><br />Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. / Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him. / David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-18.htm">2 Samuel 5:18-25</a></span><br />Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. / So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.” / So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">only in Gaza</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Judges 3:3</a></b></br> <i>Namely</i>, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4</a></b></br> And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height <i>was</i> six cubits and a span.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/21-16.htm">2 Samuel 21:16-22</a></b></br> And Ishbibenob, which <i>was</i> of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear <i>weighed</i> three hundred <i>shekels</i> of brass in weight, he being girded with a new <i>sword</i>, thought to have slain David… </p><p class="hdg">Ashdod</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-46.htm">Joshua 15:46</a></b></br> From Ekron even unto the sea, all that <i>lay</i> near Ashdod, with their villages:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/26-6.htm">2 Chronicles 26:6</a></b></br> And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23,24</a></b></br> In those days also saw I Jews <i>that</i> had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, <i>and</i> of Moab: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Anakim</a> <a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Anakims</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-2.htm">Anakites</a> <a href="/acts/8-40.htm">Ashdod</a> <a href="/joshua/11-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/joshua/1-4.htm">Territory</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/14-12.htm">Anakim</a> <a href="/joshua/14-12.htm">Anakims</a> <a href="/joshua/14-12.htm">Anakites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-3.htm">Ashdod</a> <a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-4.htm">Territory</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-1.htm">Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Hazor is taken and burnt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">All the country taken by Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">The Anakims cut off</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">The land rests from war</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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They were descendants of Anak and were considered a significant threat to the Israelites. The eradication of the Anakim from the land signifies the fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites victory over their enemies. This phrase highlights the completeness of Joshua's conquest in the Promised Land, as the Anakim were among the most feared inhabitants. The removal of these giants symbolizes the triumph of faith and obedience over seemingly insurmountable obstacles, reflecting the broader theme of divine assistance in Israel's military campaigns.<p><b>only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.</b><br>Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod were Philistine cities located in the coastal region of Canaan. These cities were part of the Philistine pentapolis and remained outside the immediate control of the Israelites during Joshua's conquest. The survival of the Anakim in these areas suggests that while Joshua's campaign was largely successful, some territories remained unconquered, foreshadowing future conflicts between the Israelites and the Philistines. Gath is notably mentioned as the hometown of Goliath, the giant defeated by David, indicating that remnants of the Anakim lineage persisted and continued to pose challenges to Israel. This phrase underscores the ongoing struggle between the Israelites and their neighbors, as well as the need for continued reliance on God for victory and protection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/anakim.htm">Anakim</a></b><br>A race of giants mentioned in the Old Testament, known for their formidable size and strength. They were descendants of Anak and were considered a significant threat to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gaza.htm">Gaza</a></b><br>A Philistine city located on the southwestern coast of Canaan. It was one of the places where the Anakim remained after Joshua's conquests.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/gath.htm">Gath</a></b><br>Another Philistine city, famously known as the home of Goliath, the giant defeated by David. It was also a refuge for the remaining Anakim.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/ashdod.htm">Ashdod</a></b><br>A major Philistine city, part of the pentapolis, where some of the Anakim continued to live after the Israelite conquest.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who succeeded Moses and led the conquest of Canaan. His military campaigns were instrumental in fulfilling God's promise to give the land to the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_conquest.htm">God's Sovereignty in Conquest</a></b><br>The removal of the Anakim from the land demonstrates God's control over nations and His ability to fulfill His promises despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a></b><br>The Israelites' initial fear of the Anakim contrasts with their eventual victory, teaching us to trust in God's promises and power rather than be paralyzed by fear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/incomplete_obedience.htm">Incomplete Obedience</a></b><br>The fact that some Anakim remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod serves as a reminder of the consequences of incomplete obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites faced physical giants, believers today face spiritual battles. <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a> reminds us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a></b><br>Joshua's leadership and faithfulness set a precedent for future generations, encouraging us to leave a legacy of faith and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_be_full_of_hope.htm">What is Ashdod's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_ashdod's_biblical_significance.htm">What is Ashdod's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_holds_the_title_king_of_the_north.htm">What is Goliath's ancestry related to the Nephilim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_goliath_linked_to_the_nephilim.htm">What is Goliath's ancestry related to the Nephilim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Only in . . . Gath.</span>-Goliath of Gath and his gigantic relatives (1 Samuel 17 and 2 Samuel 21) seem to have been a part of this remnant.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Only in Gaza.</span> This statement is confirmed by what we afterwards read. In Gath especially (<a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/21-18.htm">2 Samuel 21:18-22</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/20-4.htm">1 Chronicles 20:4-8</a>, the last passage preserving the true text, which has become hopelessly corrupt in the second Book of Samuel) we find the race of giants remaining till David's time. But it had almost died out. Goliath and his brethren seem to have been regarded by the Philistines, as much as by the Hebrews, in the light of prodigies. It may be that the race deteriorated in size and strength, when driven from the mountain district. Gaza (Hebrew Azzah, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/2-23.htm">Deuteronomy 2:23</a>; <a href="/1_kings/4-24.htm">1 Kings 4:24</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-20.htm">Jeremiah 25:20</a>) was a stronghold of the Philistines. We first find it mentioned as the border of Canaan in <a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a>. It was the scene of the exploits of Samson, related in <a href="/judges/16.htm">Judges 16</a>. It, with Gath, Ekron, Ashdod, and Ashkelon, formed the five Philistine lordships mentioned in <a href="/joshua/13-5.htm">Joshua 13:5</a>. Gaza does not appear in the list of cities captured by David, although Gath does. Perhaps the strength of its position (Azzah signifies strength) may have enabled it to resist David and Solomon, whose dominions are said to have extended to, but not to have included, Azzah. We read little more of it in the Old Testament. Jeremiah says that Pharaoh smote it (Joshua 47:1); Amos and Zephaniah threatened it with punishment. It is mentioned in <a href="/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26</a> as a place of some importance. And it still exists, at about an hour's journey from the sea, and is now called Ghazzeh. (see also note on ver. 41). Gath. Also one of the five Philistine lordships. In David's time it had a king, with whom David took refuge (<a href="/1_samuel/21-10.htm">1 Samuel 21:10</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/27-2.htm">1 Samuel 27:2</a>). It was afterwards conquered by David (<a href="/2_samuel/21-20.htm">2 Samuel 21:20</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/18-1.htm">1 Chronicles 18:1</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/20-6.htm">1 Chronicles 20:6</a>). We find it in Solomon's jurisdiction, though under the government of one of its own royal family (<a href="/1_kings/2-39.htm">1 Kings 2:39</a>). Rehoboam fortified it (<a href="/2_chronicles/11-8.htm">2 Chronicles 11:8</a>). Hazael, the powerful king of Syria, wrested it from Jehoash, and was only bought air from assailing Jerusalem. Uzziah retook it once more (<a href="/2_chronicles/26-6.htm">2 Chronicles 26:6</a>). Hezekiah seems to have retained it (<a href="/2_kings/18-8.htm">2 Kings 18:8</a>). After this we hear no more of it. Modern travellers and commentators have identified it with Beit-Jibrin (the house of the mighty - perhaps a reminiscence of Goliath and his kindred), now Eleutheropolis (so Knobel). Others suppose it to be the Blanche Garde of the Crusaders, or Tell-es-Safieh, an opinion supported, among others, by Mr. J. L. Porter and Lieut. Conder. See, however, the note on Libnah, <a href="/joshua/10-29.htm">Joshua 10:29</a>. Ashdod. Later Azotus, now Esdud. Here the ark was carried after the disastrous defeat related in <a href="/1_samuel/4.htm">1 Samuel 4</a>. It was conquered by Uzziah (no doubt it had formerly been reduced by David), who built forts to overawe it (<a href="/2_chronicles/26-6.htm">2 Chronicles 26:6</a>), but it fell into the hands of Sargon, king of Assyria, a little later (<a href="/isaiah/20-1.htm">Isaiah 20:1</a>). It is frequently mentioned by the prophets, and we find that Jonathan, the brother of Judas Maceabaeus, burnt the temple of Dagon there (1 Macc. 10:83, 84). It is mentioned as Azotus in <a href="/acts/8-40.htm">Acts 8:40</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/11-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Anakim</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲנָקִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·nā·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6062.htm">Strong's 6062: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anakim -- 'neck', a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were left</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹתַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ṯar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֶ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Israelites;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">only</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֗ק</span> <span class="translit">(raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Gaza,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעַזָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘az·zāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5804.htm">Strong's 5804: </a> </span><span class="str2">A Philistine city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Gath,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּגַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḡaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1661.htm">Strong's 1661: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gath -- 'wine press', a Philistine city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Ashdod</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·’aš·dō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_795.htm">Strong's 795: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ashdod -- a city of the Philistines</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did any survive.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁאָֽרוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(niš·’ā·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/11-22.htm">OT History: Joshua 11:22 There were none of the Anakim left (Josh. 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