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This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,

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from the Shihor River[a] east of[b] Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory),[c] including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
  2. Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “in front of.”
  3. Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
  4. Joshua 13:3 tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”