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title: "Commentary on Joshua"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "Henry Beveridge"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 43 of 52
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-joshua/43/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. Henry Beveridge, Commentary on Joshua, section 43. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-joshua/43/"
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# Commentary on Joshua

*John Calvin, tr. Henry Beveridge*

Calvin on Joshua: the conquest of Canaan and the covenant at Shechem.

## 43. Chapter 15 · 2 of 2

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-joshua/43/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-joshua/43/#p-N

[¶0] 46 From Ecron, and to the sea, all which are on the side of Asdod, and their villages.

[¶1] 47 Asdod, its towns and its villages: Azza, its towns and its villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea; and this is its boundary.

[¶2] 48 And in the mountain, Samir and Jarbur, and Sochoch,

[¶3] 49 And Dannah, and Ciriath-sannah, the same is Debir,

[¶4] 50 And Ahab, and Estemoth, and Anim,

[¶5] 51 And Gosan, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their villages.

[¶6] 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Esan,

[¶7] 53 And Janum, and Beth-thappuah, and Aphecah,

[¶8] 54 And Humtha, and Ciriath-Arba, the same is Hebron, and Sior: nine cities and their villages.

[¶9] 55 Mahon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

[¶10] 56 And Jezreel, and Jocdean, and Zaura,

[¶11] 57 Cain, Giba, and Thimna: ten cities and their villages.

[¶12] 58 Hal-hul, and Beth-sur, and Gedor,

[¶13] 59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Elthecon: six cities and their villages.

[¶14] 60 Ciriath-baal, the same is Ciriath-Jearim, and Rabba: two cities and their villages.

[¶15] 61 In the desert Beth-arabah Middin, and Sech-acha,

[¶16] 62 And Nibsan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi: six cities and their villages.

[¶17] 63 Moreover, the children of Judah were not able to expel the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; therefore the Jebusite has dwelt with the children of Judah in Jerusalem even to this day.