Joshua 13:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;”

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BSBPD

“to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`From the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah, which <FI>is<Fi> to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, unto the border of the Amorite;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 13:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
  2. Joshua 11:3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
  3. Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
  4. Joshua 12:18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
  5. Joshua 19:30Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.
  6. Judges 1:34The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
  7. 1 Samuel 4:1Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
  8. Amos 2:10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

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