Joshua 11:8

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

Joshua 14:9

14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: ‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’

Joshua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel.


map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

tn Heb “swore an oath.”

tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”

tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”

tn Or “served.”

tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”