Joshua 13:3

"“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;"

Key Reflection

In Joshua 13:3, the land yet to be taken by the Israelites includes territories like Philistia and Geshur, symbolizing unclaimed spiritual frontiers that still require conquest. This passage underscores the ongoing nature of the divine mission to expand God's kingdom and bring salvation to all nations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Sihor is derived from a root signifying “to be black,” and is suitable enough as an appellative of the NileIsaiah 23:3. Here it most probably stands for “the river of Egypt” (Numbers 34:3note), the modern “Wady el Arish”. Ekron (“Akir”) lay on the northern boundary of JudahJoshua 15:11, and was actually conquered by the men of that tribeJudges 1:18, though assigned in the allotment of the land to DanJoshua 19:43. It seems to have fallen again into the hands of the Philistines in the days of the Judges1 Samuel 5:10, was reconquered by Samuel (compare1 Samuel 7:14), but figures in subsequent times as a Philistine city only (compare1 Samuel 17:52;2 Kings 1:2,2 Kings 1:16, etc.).

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