Judges 3:3

New International Reader's Version

So he left the five rulers of the Philistines. He left the people of Canaan and the people of Sidon. He left the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains. They lived in the area between Mount Baal Hermon and Lebo Hamath.

Cross References

Genesis 49:13

“Zebulun will live by the seashore. He will become a safe harbor for ships. His border will go out toward Sidon.

2 Samuel 24:7

Then they went toward the fort of Tyre. They went to all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba. It was in the Negev Desert of Judah.

1 Kings 8:65

At that time Solomon celebrated the Feast of Booths. The whole community of Israel was with him. It was a huge crowd. People came from as far away as Lebo Hamath and the Wadi of Egypt. For seven days they celebrated in front of the Lord our God. The feast continued for seven more days. That made a total of 14 days.

1 Kings 9:20

There were still many people left in the land who weren’t Israelites. They included Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

Ezekiel 47:20

On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the border. It will go to a point across from Lebo Hamath. This will be the western border.

Numbers 13:29

The Amalekites live in the Negev Desert. The Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the central hill country. The Canaanites live near the Mediterranean Sea. They also live along the Jordan River.”

Numbers 34:8

Continue it from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the border will go to Zedad.

Deuteronomy 1:7

Take your tents down. Go into the hill country of the Amorites. Go to all the people who are their neighbors. Go to the people who live in the Arabah Valley. Travel to the mountains and the western hills. Go to the people in the Negev Desert and along the coast. Travel to the land of Canaan and to Lebanon. Go as far as the great Euphrates River.

Deuteronomy 3:9

Hermon is called Sirion by the people of Sidon. The Amorites call it Senir.

Joshua 11:19

Only the Hivites who lived in Gibeon made a peace treaty with the Israelites. No other city made a treaty with them. So Israel captured all those cities in battle.

Joshua 11:3

Jabin sent the same message to the people of east Canaan and west Canaan. He sent it to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites. They lived in the central hill country. He also sent it to the Hivites who lived below Mount Hermon in the area of Mizpah.

Joshua 13:3

Those areas begin at the Shihor River in the eastern part of Egypt. They go to the territory of Ekron in the north. All that land is considered Canaanite even though it is controlled by five Philistine rulers. They rule over Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. The Avvites

Joshua 13:5

It includes the area of Byblos. It also includes all of Lebanon to the east. It reaches from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon all the way to Lebo Hamath.

Joshua 19:28

It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah. It reached all the way to Greater Sidon.

Joshua 9:7

The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But suppose you live close to us. If you do, we can’t make a peace treaty with you.”

Judges 10:12

And so did the Amalekites and the people of Sidon and Maon. Each time you cried out to me for help. And I saved you from their power.

Judges 10:7

So the Lord became very angry with them. He handed them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites.

Judges 14:4

Samson’s parents didn’t know that the Lord wanted things to happen this way. He was working out his plans against the Philistines. That’s because the Philistines were ruling over Israel at that time.

Judges 18:7

So the five men left. They came to Laish. There they saw that the people felt secure. They were living in safety. Like the people in Sidon, they were at peace. Their land had everything they needed. Things were going very well for them. They lived a long way from the people of Sidon. And they didn’t think they would ever need help from anyone else.

Judges 3:2

He wanted to teach the men in Israel who had never been in battle before. He wanted them to learn how to fight.

Judges 4:2

So the Lord handed them over to the power of Jabin. He was a king in Canaan. He ruled in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera. He lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel. They had 3,000 chariots and 6,000 chariot drivers. Their soldiers were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash. It was east of Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 29:2

The Philistine rulers marched out in groups of hundreds and thousands. David and his men were marching with Achish behind the others.

1 Samuel 6:16

The five Philistine rulers saw everything that happened. On that same day they returned to Ekron.

1 Samuel 6:18

They also sent five gold models of rats. There was one for each of the Philistine towns that belonged to the five rulers. Each of those towns had high walls around it. The towns also had country villages around them. The Levites set the ark of the Lord on the large rock. To this day the rock is a witness to what happened there. It’s in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:4

The Philistines asked, “What guilt offering should we send to him?” Their advisers replied, “There are five Philistine rulers. So send five gold rats. Also send five gold models of the growths in your bodies. Do it because the same plague has struck you and your rulers alike.