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NASB | Joshua 1:4 "From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 1:4 "From the wilderness [of Arabia in the south] and this Lebanon [in the north], even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates [in the east], all the land of the Hittites (Canaan), and as far as the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the west shall be your territory. |
Subject: Was this promise fulfilled? |
Bible Note: "The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the days of David." Joshua 1 Verse 4. "From the wilderness and this Lebanon" 'Joshua appears to be standing with his face towards the promised land, and pointing out the different places, or their situation, with his hand, THIS Lebanon, desert of Arabia Petraea on the SOUTH to Lebanon on the NORTH: and from the Euphrates on the EAST to the Mediterranean Sea on the WEST. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the days of David. See 2 Samuel 8:3, ; 2 Chronicles 9:26.' (Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on Joshua 1". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". www.studylight.org/com) '1:4. Though their sin cut them short of this large possession, and they never replenished all the country within the bounds here mentioned, yet, had they been obedient, God would have given them this and much more...And, if this promise had not its full accomplishment in the letter, believers might thence infer that it had a further meaning, and was to be fulfilled in the kingdom of the Messiah, both that of grace and that of glory.' (Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Joshua 1". "Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". www.studylight.org/com) 'This promise looks forward to the completion of the settlement process and the full occupation of the land by Israel such as would be confirmed by the Bible during the reigns of David and Solomon.' (Elwell, Walter A. "Entry for 'Joshua, Theology of'". "Evangelical Dictionary of Theology". www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/BakerEvangelicalDictionary) 'Related to this theme is Israel's failure to press their conquest to every part of the Land (Joshua 13:1). Judges 1-2 later descriebes the tragic results from this sin.' (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) Footnote at Joshua 11:23 "the whole land." 'Here is a key verse for the book which sums up 11:16-22. How does this relate to 13:1, where God tells Joshua that he did NOT take the whole land? It may mean that the major battles had been fought and supremacy demonstrated, even if further incidents would occur and not every last pocket of potential resistance had yet been rooted out.' (MacArthur Study Bible) Joshua 13:1-2 (ESV) Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess. [2] This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites Footnote at Joshua 13:1,2 "very much land." 'Some land had not yet actually been occupied by the Israelites through the previous general victories. Pockets or areas in 13:2-6 still lay untouched by specific invasion and occupation. When Joshua alloted area to individuals and tribes, they bore the challenge to drive out lingering resisters; if not, they would disobey God's mandate to be resolute in conquest. Failure to do this thoroughly is a sad theme In Judges 1.' (MacArthur Study Bible) |