There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.
The Canaanites' refusal to seek peace was their fatal blindness. God hardened hearts already bent on war; they chose enmity with Israel when they might have made terms, as Gibeon did. Hardness of heart is the sinner's ruin, and those left to their own stubborn pride are already marked for destruction.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 11:15-23
The giants who fled Israel's sword took refuge in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod, cities the Philistines held and Israel never conquered. So the land of Israel itself was cleansed of the Anakim, though some of that terrible race survived across the border.
AI summary
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. (m) Out of which came Goliath, .