can can Summary and Overview

CAN CAN , south-west of the Land of Promise, but in its present usage denotes the whole country bounded by the Jordan on the east, the Mediterranean on the west, Arabia on the south, and Lebanon on the north. For physical features, see PALESTINE. Sketch-Map of Canaan before the Conquest. History.n-Previous to its conquest by Joshua, Canaan was peopled by several tribes, as Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgasites, Hivites, Perizzites, and four others, all early known as Canaanites. Gen 10:15-19. Later, "Canaanites" appears to designate a separate tribe, and the land was inhabited by them and six other tribes. Canaan was the country for which Terah started, Gen 11:31; Abram dwelt in it; it was promised to him for a possession. Gen 12:5, 1 Kgs 15:8, etc.; Isaac, Jacob, and the patriarchs made their home there. Gen 26-35. It was left by Jacob because of the famine; searched by the twelve spies. Num 13:2; viewed by Moses, Deut 32:49; conquered by Joshua, Josh 11:23; divided by lot among the twelve tribes. Josh 13:7; a king of the country was slain by Deborah and Barak. Jud 4:24. See Map. In the temple at Karnak, in Egypt, a triple list of 118 or 119 towns of Canaan has lately been discovered, which is believed to be a record of an Egyptian conquest of the land by Thuthmes III, previous to that by Joshua. See the list of these towns in Conder's Tent-Work in Palestine, vol. ii. 344-346. It is the oldest known record of Canaanite cities before the time of Joshua. For later history see Judah, Kingdom of; Israel, Kingdom of; and Palestine.