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Joshua 13:1 KJV
Joshua · chapter 13 · verse 1
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.Joshua 13:1 · King James Version
Joshua 13:1 in context
1Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3From 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- remainethshâʼarproperly, to swell upH7604 →
- strickenbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- yearsyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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 except them of all those who were numbered at Mount Sinai being now alive.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6