Discovery BoxJoshua 13:2-3 
Context13:2 This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites, 13:3 from the Shihor River 1 east of 2 Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), 3 including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land 4
1 tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
2 tn Heb “in front of.”
3 tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
4 tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”
