Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 13:13
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
13. expelled not the Geshurites ] “Valiant as was the contest long kept up against their enemies, Israel could not prevent two little kingdoms in the north-east from maintaining their independence within her own borders. One of these was the Aramean Maachah, probably extending to the sources of the Jordan; and the other belonged to the aborigines, and was called Geshur. These two little kingdoms are generally mentioned together, and they existed till after David’s time.” Ewald, p. 302.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This seems added by way of anticipation and reflection upon the present Israelites; implying, that although Moses did and might permit them to remain, both because the land which he had conquered was more than enough for the Israelitish possessors, and because being intent upon their passage over Jordan into the land of Canaan, he would not delay them, by searching their enemies out of all their corners; yet they were in fault, in not going on and perfecting the work which was begun by Moses, and carried on so far by Joshua.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Nevertheless, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites,…. Neither in the times of Moses, nor in the times of Joshua:
but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day: in full possession of their cities unmolested; yea, in later times they became separate and distinct kingdoms; for we read both of the king of Geshur, and of the king of Maachah, 2Sa 3:3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
13. Expelled not the Geshurites See Jos 12:5. Geshur and Maacah so late as David’s time were small independent States. 2Sa 3:3 ; 2Sa 13:37. The contrast between the radical policy of Moses and the conservative policy of the children of Israel in respect to these States seems to imply a censure upon the Israelites.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jos 13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Ver. 13. Dwell among the Israelites. ] Through their sloth and cowardliness, which is here taxed.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
expelled: Jos 13:11, Jos 23:12, Jos 23:13, Num 33:55, Jdg 2:1-3, 2Sa 3:3, 2Sa 13:37, 2Sa 13:38
Reciprocal: Deu 3:14 – Geshuri Jos 13:2 – Geshuri Jos 13:3 – five Lords 1Sa 27:8 – the Geshurites 1Ch 2:23 – Geshur 1Ch 3:2 – Geshur
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel {d} expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
(d) Because they had not destroyed all as God had commanded they that remainder were snares and pricks to hurt them, Num 33:35 Jos 23:13 Jud 2:3.