KJV King James Version
This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
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Joshua 13:2
This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
WEB World English Bible
“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
ASV American Standard Version
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
This is the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
Surrounding context — Joshua 13
1 Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
2 This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3 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:
4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
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Joshua 13:11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.Judges 3:1Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;Joel 3:4Yea, 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 [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;2 Samuel 13:37-38But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.Genesis 10:14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.2 Samuel 3:3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;2 Samuel 15:8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.Joshua 12:5And 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.Genesis 26:1And 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.Exodus 23:29-31I 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.Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.Deuteronomy 11:23-24Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
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