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Joshua 13:3

Joshua 13:3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

From Sihor, which is before Egypt,.... Which Jarchi and Kimchi interpret of the river Nile, and so that river is called, Jer 2:18; it seems to have this name from the waters of it being black and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Sihor is derived from a root signifying “to be black,” and is suitable enough as an appellative of the Nile Isa 23:3. Here it most probably stands for “the river of Egypt” (Num 34:3 note), the modern…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

From Sihor, which is before Egypt - Supposed by some to be the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near to the Arabian Desert; called also the river of Egypt, Num 34:5; Jer 2:18. On this subject an…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joshua 13:1-6

Here, I. God puts Joshua in mind of his old age, v. 1. 1. It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among the thousands of Israel, none…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

from Sihor = "the Black Stream," the usual name of the Nile. Here probably it is "the river of Egypt," the Wady el Arish(1Ch 13:5), the Rhinokolura or Rhinokorura. Wyclif, following the Vulg., "a…