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href="/bsb/joshua/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/joshua/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all <i>that of</i> the Geshurites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: all the regions <i>of</i> the Philistines and all <i>those of</i> the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“This is the land that remains: all the regions <i>of</i> the Philistines and all <i>those of</i> the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is the land that remains: all the regions <i>of</i> the Philistines and all <i>those of</i> the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The land that is left includes all the districts that belong to the Philistines and Geshur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />all the territory of Philistia and Geshur, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This territory remains: all of the Philistine regions, including all Geshurite holdings<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />This [is] the land that is left: all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This is the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This the land being left: all the circuit of Philisteim, and all Geshuri,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />specifically, all of Galilee, Philistia, and all of Geshur;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the remaining land: all Geshur and all the districts of the Philistines<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remains in all regions of the Philistines and in all the country of En-dor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />This is the land which remained in all Galilee of the Philistines and in all the country of Eindor<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And this <i>is</i> the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/13-2.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=3308" 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/13.htm">Lands Yet Unconquered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">is the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: han·niš·’ā·reṯ (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">that remains:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/1552.htm" title="1552: gə·lî·lō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A circuit, boundary, territory, also a district in Pal. Feminine of galiyl; a circuit or region.">the territory</a> <a href="/hebrew/6430.htm" title="6430: hap·pə·liš·tîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Inhab. of Philistia. Patrial from Plesheth; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth.">of the Philistines</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1651.htm" title="1651: hag·gə·šū·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Geshur, also a people S. of Philistia. Patrial from Gshuwr; a Geshurite or inhabitants of Geshur.">and the Geshurites,</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;…<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="/deuteronomy/3-12.htm">Deuteronomy 3:12-13</a></span><br />So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities. / To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/34-1.htm">Numbers 34:1-12</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries: / Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">Judges 3:1-3</a></span><br />These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, / if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: / 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_kings/5-18.htm">1 Kings 5:18</a></span><br />So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-13.htm">Ezekiel 47:13-21</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions. / You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance. / This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/10-15.htm">Genesis 10:15-19</a></span><br />And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, / the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, / the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Exodus 23:31</a></span><br />And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a></span><br />When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">1 Chronicles 22:2</a></span><br />So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-6.htm">Psalm 83:6-8</a></span><br />the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, / of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. / Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a></span><br />Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Jeremiah 47:4</a></span><br />For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-5.htm">Zephaniah 2:5</a></span><br />Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21-28</a></span><br />Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. / And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” / But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-24.htm">Mark 7:24-30</a></span><br />Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. / Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. / Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,</p><p class="hdg">the land</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Exodus 23:29-31</a></b></br> I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Deuteronomy 11:23,24</a></b></br> Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">Judges 3:1</a></b></br> Now these <i>are</i> the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, <i>even</i> as many <i>of Israel</i> as had not known all the wars of Canaan;</p><p class="hdg">borders</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-14.htm">Genesis 10:14</a></b></br> And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Genesis 26:1</a></b></br> And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Joel 3:4</a></b></br> Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly <i>and</i> speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;</p><p class="hdg">Geshuri</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/13-11.htm">Joshua 13:11,13</a></b></br> And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/12-5.htm">Joshua 12:5</a></b></br> And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8</a></b></br> And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those <i>nations were</i> of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/matthew/9-35.htm">Circuits</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Country</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm">Districts</a> <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">Regions</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/13-3.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Circuits</a> <a href="/joshua/13-6.htm">Country</a> <a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">Districts</a> <a href="/joshua/13-3.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/psalms/65-5.htm">Regions</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-1.htm">The bounds of the land not yet conquered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-8.htm">The inheritance of the two tribes and a half</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-14.htm">The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-15.htm">The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-22.htm">Balaam slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-24.htm">The bounds of the inheritance of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/13-29.htm">and of the half tribe of Manasseh</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is the land that remains:</b><br>This phrase indicates that despite the extensive conquests under Joshua's leadership, there were still areas in the Promised Land that had not been fully possessed by the Israelites. This highlights the ongoing nature of God's promises and the need for continued faithfulness and effort by the Israelites. It serves as a reminder of the incomplete obedience of the Israelites and the necessity of perseverance in fulfilling God's commands.<p><b>All the territory of the Philistines:</b><br>The Philistines were a significant group of people who inhabited the coastal region of Canaan. They were known for their advanced iron technology and military prowess, which made them formidable adversaries to the Israelites. The Philistines are frequently mentioned in the Old Testament, notably in the stories of Samson and David. Their territory included five major cities: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The presence of the Philistines in the land represents ongoing challenges and conflicts that the Israelites would face, symbolizing the spiritual battles believers encounter in their journey of faith.<p><b>And the Geshurites:</b><br>The Geshurites were a smaller group located in the northeastern part of the Promised Land, near the region of Bashan. They are less frequently mentioned in the Bible but are noted in the context of the territories that were not fully conquered. The Geshurites' presence in the land serves as a reminder of the incomplete conquest and the need for vigilance in maintaining the purity and holiness of the community. The Geshurites are also connected to King David, as he married Maacah, the daughter of the king of Geshur, which later had implications for the internal strife within David's family.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a></b><br>A significant group of people in the Old Testament, often in conflict with the Israelites. They inhabited the coastal regions of Canaan and were known for their advanced iron technology and military prowess.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/geshurites.htm">Geshurites</a></b><br>A lesser-known group, the Geshurites lived in the region of Geshur, which was located in the northeastern part of the land of Canaan. They were not fully conquered by the Israelites during Joshua's time.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites after Moses, tasked with leading the people into the Promised Land and overseeing its division among the tribes.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is the central geographical focus of the conquest accounts in the book of Joshua.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/conquest_of_canaan.htm">Conquest of Canaan</a></b><br>The military campaign led by Joshua to take possession of the land promised by God. This verse highlights the areas that were yet to be conquered.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/incomplete_obedience.htm">Incomplete Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' failure to fully conquer the land as commanded by God serves as a reminder of the consequences of incomplete obedience. It challenges us to examine areas in our lives where we may be holding back from full 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 battles, Christians 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. We must be diligent in our spiritual warfare, fully relying on God's strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' incomplete conquest, God's promises remained true. This encourages us to trust in God's faithfulness, even when we face challenges or when our circumstances seem incomplete.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>The ongoing presence of the Philistines and Geshurites required the Israelites to continue trusting in God and persevering in their faith. Similarly, we are called to persevere in our faith journey, trusting in God's ultimate victory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/israel-philistines_relationship.htm">What was the relationship between Israel and the Philistines?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_mention_about_gaza.htm">What does the Bible mention about Gaza?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_archaeology_for_israel's_control.htm">Joshua 13:2–6 – Why is there no archaeological record confirming Israel’s partial control over these specific Philistine and neighboring territories? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_consistent_christian_life.htm">What is the historical background of the Geshurites?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is the land which yet remaineth</span>. The powerful league of the Philistines, as well as the tribes near them, remained unsubdued. In the north, likewise, the neighbourhood of Sidon, and the territory of Coele, Syria, which lay between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, was as yet in the hands of the enemy. Rabbis Kimchi and Solomon Jarchi translate by "borders." Masius suggests the French <span class="accented">marque</span> (which was the old German <span class="accented">mark</span>), and the modern German <span class="accented">grenze.<span class="cmt_word"></span> All the borders of the Philistines.</span> Literally, all the <span class="accented">circles</span> (Geliloth) of the Philistines. The expression is found in several places in this book (see <a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Joshua 18:17</a>; <a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">Joshua 22:10, 11</a>). We may compare the expression the <span class="accented">circles</span> of Swabia, Franconia, <span class="accented">etc</span>., in the history of Germany. The expression here may have more affinity with what is known as the "mark system" in the history of ancient Germany, and refer to the patch of cultivated ground which extended for some distance round each city. But this is rendered improbable by the fact that one circle only retained its name (<a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Joshua 20:7</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-32.htm">Joshua 21:32</a>), and is still known as Galilee (see notes on these passages). Galilee was too large a district to have been originally a clearing round a town. <span class="cmt_word">Geshur</span> (see note on Joshua 12:5). Ewald (see also Hitzig,' Geschichte des Volkes Israel,' p. 20) conjectures that these Geshurites were the aboriginal inhabitants of the country (see <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8</a>), and were the same as the Avites or Avvites. See next verse, where the Avvites are distinguished from the five lords of the Philistines. It is worthy of remark that the name Talmai, the name of one of the "sons of Anak" (<a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a>), comes in again as the name of a king of Geshur (<a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm">2 Samuel 3:3</a> 13:37). It occurs, however, as a Hebrew name in Bartholomew, or Bar-Tolmai, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the son of Talmai, or Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles. Ewald supposes that these aborigines were dispossessed by the Canaanitish tribes, and that the old name of Geshur was still applied to those regions on which this primitive race had retained its hold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/13-2.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">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<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">that remains:</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנִּשְׁאָ֑רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(han·niš·’ā·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<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 /><br /><span class="word">All</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the territory</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּלִיל֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(gə·lî·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1552.htm">Strong's 1552: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circuit, boundary, territory, also a district in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Philistines</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pə·liš·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6430.htm">Strong's 6430: </a> </span><span class="str2">Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the Geshurites,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gə·šū·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1651.htm">Strong's 1651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Geshurites -- inhabitants of Geshur, also a people South of Philistia</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/13-2.htm">OT History: Joshua 13:2 This is the land that still remains: (Josh. 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