Joshua 13:3
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From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the border of Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Accronites.

Sihor

Jeremiah 2:18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

which is counted

Genesis 10:15-19 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite, . . .

Numbers 34:2-14 Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you are entered into the land of Chanaan, and it shall be fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bounded by these limits: . . .

five Lords

Judges 3:3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in Mount Libanus, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.

1 Samuel 6:4,16,17 They answered: What is it we ought to render unto him for sin? and they answered: . . .

Zephaniah 2:4,5 For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up. . . .

Genesis 10:6 And the Sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.

with ver

Genesis 10:13 And Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim and Laabim, Nephthuim.

;) yet they were numbered with the Canaanites in this distribution

Avites

Deuteronomy 2:23 The Hevites also, that dwelt in Haserim as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians: who came out of Cappadocia, and destroyed them and dwelt in their stead.

Avims

Context
Lands Yet Unconquered
2To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri. 3From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the border of Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Accronites.4And on the south side are the Hevites, all the land of Chanaan, and Maara of the Sidonians as far as Apheca, and the borders of the Amorrhite,…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:23
The Hevites also, that dwelt in Haserim as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians: who came out of Cappadocia, and destroyed them and dwelt in their stead.

Judges 16:5
And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

1 Samuel 5:1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus.

1 Samuel 6:4
They answered: What is it we ought to render unto him for sin? and they answered:

1 Samuel 6:16
And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.

1 Kings 8:65
And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days.

Isaiah 23:3
The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.

Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

Lexicon
from
מִֽן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the Shihor
הַשִּׁיח֞וֹר (haš·šî·ḥō·wr)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7883: Nile -- a stream on the border of Egypt

east
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

of Egypt
מִצְרַ֗יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

to
וְעַ֨ד (wə·‘aḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the territory
גְּב֤וּל (gə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

of Ekron
עֶקְרוֹן֙ (‘eq·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6138: Ekron -- a Philistine city

on the north
צָפ֔וֹנָה (ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

(considered
תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב (tê·ḥā·šêḇ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2803: To think, account

to be Canaanite [territory])—
לַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י (lak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3669: Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan

that of the five
חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ (ḥă·mê·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

Philistine
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

rulers
סַרְנֵ֣י (sar·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5633: An axle, a peer

of Gaza,
הָעַזָּתִ֤י (hā·‘az·zā·ṯî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5841: Gazite -- inhabitant of Gaza

Ashdod,
וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙ (wə·hā·’aš·dō·w·ḏî)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 796: Ashdodites -- an inhabitant of Ashdod

Ashkelon,
הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִ֣י (hā·’eš·qə·lō·w·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 832: Ashkelonite -- inhabitant of Ashkelon

Gath,
הַגִּתִּ֔י (hag·git·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1663: Gittite -- an inhabitant of Gath

and Ekron,
וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י (wə·hā·‘eq·rō·w·nî)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6139: Ekronite -- inhabitant of Ekron

as well as the Avvites;
וְהָעַוִּֽים׃ (wə·hā·‘aw·wîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5757: Avvites -- inhabitants of Avva


Additional Translations
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites;From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to 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:

from 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; also the Avvim,

from the wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Accaron on the left of the Chananites the land is reckoned to the five principalities of the Phylistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Azotus, and of Ascalon, and of Geth, and of Accaron, and to the Evite;

from the Shihor, which [floweth] before Egypt, as far as the borders of Ekron northward, [and which] is counted to the Canaanite; five lordships of the Philistines: of Gazah, and of Ashdod, of Eshkalon, of Gath, and of Ekron; also the Avvites;

from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanites: the five lords of the Philistines. the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,

From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to 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:

from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,

from Sihor which is on the front of Egypt, and unto the border of Ekron northward, to the Canaanite it is reckoned, five princes of the Philistines, the Gazathite, and the Ashdothite, the Eshkalonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, also the Avim.
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