Joshua 13:2 Cross References

Joshua 13:2

2: The people still need to occupy the land of the Philistines and the Geshurites--

It included Gilead, the territory of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan as far as Salecah,

David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites--people who had lived near Shur, along the road to Egypt, since ancient times.

"What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

The LORD left certain nations in the land to test those Israelites who had not participated in the wars of Canaan.

He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah in the north and to all of Bashan in the east, and westward to the boundaries of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. His kingdom included the northern half of Gilead, the other portion of which was in the territory of King Sihon of Heshbon.

For while I was at Geshur, I promised to sacrifice to him in Hebron if he would bring me back to Jerusalem."

The second was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.

Then the LORD will drive out all the nations in your land, though they are much greater and stronger than you.
Wherever you set your feet, the land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

But I will not do this all in one year because the land would become a wilderness, and the wild animals would become too many to control.
I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased enough to fill the land.
And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the southern deserts to the Euphrates River. I will help you defeat the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.

Now a severe famine struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

And David mourned many days for his son Amnon. Absalom fled to his grandfather, Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.
He stayed there in Geshur for three years.

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