◄ Joshua 13:3 ►
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Good News Translation
as well as all the territory of the Avvim to the south. (The land from the stream Shihor, at the Egyptian border, as far north as the border of Ekron was considered Canaanite; the kings of the Philistines lived at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.)

New Revised Standard Version
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is reckoned as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim

New American Bible
(from the stream adjoining Egypt to the boundary of Ekron in the north is reckoned Canaanite territory, though held by the five lords of the Philistines in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron);

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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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?

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