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from [a]the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; [b]also the Avvim, on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:3 Commonly called the brook of Egypt. See Num. 34:5.
  2. Joshua 13:3 Or, also the Avvim; from the south, all etc.

from the Shihor River(A) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(B) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(C) in Gaza, Ashdod,(D) Ashkelon,(E) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(F) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(G) and the border of the Amorites;(H) the area of Byblos;(I) and all Lebanon(J) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(K) to Lebo Hamath.(L)

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