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Brenton's Septuagint

Joshua 13:13

But the children of Israel destroyed not the Gesirite and the Machatite and the Chananite; and the king of the Gesiri and the Machatite dwelt among the children of Israel until this day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Geshur;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Geshur, Geshuri, Geshurites;   Maacah or Maachah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Manasseh, tribe of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Land (of Israel);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Geshurites;   Maachah;   Manasseh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ashtaroth;   Geshur;   Joshua, the Book of;   Numbers, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Maacah;   Maacath;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Geshur, Geshurites;   Israel;   Joshua;   Maacah;   Medeba;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Geshuri, Geshurites ;   Maachathi, Maachathites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Geshur;   Heshbon;   Tribes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ma-Ach'athi;   She'bam;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Maacah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Geshur;   Gilead (1);   Joshua, Book of;   Maacah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Aram;   Askelon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aram-Geshur;   Aram-Maachah;   Bashan;   Geshur, Geshurites;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath still live in Israel today.
Hebrew Names Version
Nevertheless the children of Yisra'el didn't drive out the Geshuri, nor the Ma`akhati: but Geshur and Ma`akhat dwell in the midst of Yisra'el to this day.
King James Version
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Lexham English Bible
But the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this day.
English Standard Version
Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
New Century Version
Because the Israelites did not force out the people of Geshur and Maacah, they still live among the Israelites today.
New English Translation
But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.
Amplified Bible
But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day.
New American Standard Bible
But the sons of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; instead, Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites euen vnto this day.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; so Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.
Contemporary English Version
However, the Israelites did not force the people of Geshur and Maacah to leave, and they still live there among the Israelites.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, the people of Isra'el expelled neither the G'shuri nor the Ma‘akhati, with the consequence that G'shur and Ma‘akhat have lived among Isra'el to this day.
Darby Translation
But the children of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites nor the Maachathites; but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites to this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites did not force out the people of Geshur and Maacah. They still live among the Israelites today.
George Lamsa Translation
Nevertheless the children of Israel did not destroy the people of En-dor and Koros; so the En-dorites and the Korosites dwell among the children of Israel until this day.
Good News Translation
However, the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah; they still live in Israel.
Literal Translation
But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites and the Maachathite, but Geshur and Maachath live in the midst of Israel until today.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Israel droue not out the Gessurites & Maachathites, but both Gessur and Maachat dwelt amonge the childre of Israel vnto this daye.
American Standard Version
Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
However, the people of Israel did not send out the Geshurites, or the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath are living among Israel to this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuertelesse, the children of Israel expelled not the Gesurites and the Machathites: But the Gesurites and the Machathites dwell among the Israelites euen vntill this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites; but Geshur and Maacath dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day.
King James Version (1611)
Neuerthelesse, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwel among the Israelites vntill this day.
English Revised Version
Nevertheless the children of Israel drave not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day.
Berean Standard Bible
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel nolden destrye Gessurri and Machati; and thei dwelliden in the myddis of Israel, `til in to present dai.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel dispossessed not the Geshurite, and the Maachathite; and Geshur and Maachath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless the sons of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
World English Bible
Nevertheless the children of Israel didn't drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
New King James Version
Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
New Living Translation
But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
New Life Bible
But the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. For Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day.
New Revised Standard
Yet the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the sons of Israel, however, did not dispossess, the Geshurites or the Maacathites, - but Geshur and Maacath have remained in the midst of Israel until this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati and they have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until this present day.
Revised Standard Version
Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Gesh'urites or the Ma-ac'athites; but Geshur and Ma'acath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.

Contextual Overview

8 From Jordan to the great sea westward thou shalt give it them: the great sea shall be the boundary. But to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasse, to Ruben and to Gad Moses gave an inheritance beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them eastward, 9 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook of Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all Misor from Maedaban. 10 All the cities of Seon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Esebon to the coasts of the children of Ammon; 11 and the region of Galaad, and the borders of the Gesirites and the Machatites, the whole mount of Aermon, and all the land of Basan to Acha. 12 All the kingdom of Og in the region of Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and in Edrain: he was left of the giants; and Moses smote him, and destroyed him. 13 But the children of Israel destroyed not the Gesirite and the Machatite and the Chananite; and the king of the Gesiri and the Machatite dwelt among the children of Israel until this day. 14 Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he is their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this is the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

expelled: Joshua 13:11, Joshua 23:12, Joshua 23:13, Numbers 33:55, Judges 2:1-3, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 3:14 - Geshuri Joshua 13:2 - Geshuri Joshua 13:3 - five Lords 1 Samuel 27:8 - the Geshurites 1 Chronicles 2:23 - Geshur 1 Chronicles 3:2 - Geshur

Cross-References

Genesis 6:11
And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.
Genesis 10:9
He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
Genesis 13:4
to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:6
And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren.
Genesis 13:9
Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou goest to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.
Genesis 13:11
And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan.
Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.
Genesis 38:7
And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites,.... Neither in the times of Moses, nor in the times of Joshua:

but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day: in full possession of their cities unmolested; yea, in later times they became separate and distinct kingdoms; for we read both of the king of Geshur, and of the king of Maachah, 2 Samuel 3:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The boundaries of this territory as a whole are first set forth Joshua 13:8-14, and afterward the portions assigned within it to the two tribes and a half are severally described Joshua 13:15-33.

Joshua 13:14

See Deuteronomy 18:1-5 and notes.

Joshua 13:15-24

Inheritance of the tribe of Reuben. This territory was the most southerly of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, and adjoined Moab, which lay only on the other side of the Arnon. Hence, the Reubenites became in after times much intermixed with the Moabites, who in fact eventually acquired much of the land, and several, if not all, of the cities here named as belonging to Reuben. This acquisition was probably assisted by the fact that the territory north of Arnon had formerly belonged to the Moabites, from whom it was wrested by the Amorites (see Numbers 21:27, etc. notes). It is not likely that the Amorite conquerors had completely extirpated the Moabite inhabitants. Hence, in the days when the Reubenites became engrossed in their pastoral pursuits, and probably not very long after the days of Joshua, the Moabites easily encroached on their inheritance, and in the end probably reoccupied nearly the whole of the ancient kingdom of Sihon (Compare Deuteronomy 33:6 note).

Joshua 13:17-21

See the marginal references for some of these names. Heshbon, Kedemoth, and Mephaath became eventually Levitical cities.

Joshua 13:21

Dukes of Sihon - Rather “vassals of Sihon,” probably those “dedicated” or “appointed” with a libation.

Joshua 13:23

Jordan ... - i. e. the Jordan and its territory (compare similar expressions in Numbers 34:6; Deuteronomy 3:16). The portion of the tribe of Reuben at its northern extremity touched the Jordan; the main part of his inheritance lay on the east of the Dead Sea.

Joshua 13:25

All the cities of Gilead - i. e. of Gilead in the narrower sense, included in the territory of Sihon, and distinct from Bashan Deuteronomy 3:10.

Half the land of the children of Ammon - i. e. that half of the Ammonite territory which had been conquered by the Amorites. This, after the overthrow of Sihon, the Israelites took for their own. The land which the Ammonites still held in the days of Moses, the Israelites were not permitted to attack.

Rabbah was a border fortress, the principal stronghold of the Ammonites Numbers 21:24, and the residence of their king. It was attacked and taken by Joab 2 Samuel 11:0; 2 Samuel 12:0; 1 Chronicles 20:1, but appears in later times again as an Ammonitish city Jeremiah 49:3; Ezekiel 25:5; Amos 1:13-15. In the third century B.C. it received from Ptolemy Philadelplus the name of Philadelphia, and was in later times the seat of a Christian bishop; but has now for many centuries been in ruins, remarkable for their grandeur and extent.

Joshua 13:26

The border of Debir - Rather perhaps “the border of Lidbir,” which is regarded as identical with the Lo-debar of 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 17:27, one of the towns from which provisions were brought to David at Mahanaim Genesis 32:2.

Joshua 13:29-33

On the conquest of Bashan, see especially Numbers 32:33, etc. and notes.


 
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