None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.
Parallel translations
- WEB There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- KJV There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
- BSB No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- NASB There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod some remained.
- NLT None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
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Quick answer
No Anakim remained in Israel's land except in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. A remnant survived in the coastal region.
Overview
The Anakim are wiped out within Israel's territory, though some linger in Philistine strongholds. This note quietly anticipates later conflict, including Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17). The surviving remnant reminds readers that not every enemy was yet fully subdued.
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- 1 Sam 17:4A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.
- Josh 15:46from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
- 1 Chr 18:1After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judg 3:3the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
- 1 Kgs 2:39At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.”
- 2 Chr 26:6He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
- 1 Chr 8:13and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
- 1 Chr 29:4–8even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
- 2 Sam 21:16–22and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought he would kill David.
- 1 Sam 5:1Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- Isa 20:1In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
- Neh 13:23–24In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
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