Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
46from Ekron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.
48And in the hill country Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
Cross References
Exodus 23:31And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.
Deuteronomy 2:23And the Avvim who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and dwelt in their room.
Joshua 13:3from the wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Ekron on the left of the Canaanites the land is reckoned to the five principalities of the Philistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Ashdod, and of Ashkelon, and of Gath, and of Ekron, and to the Avvim;
Judges 16:1And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
2 Kings 18:8He smote the Philistines even to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city.
Jeremiah 47:1The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go out of Ramah, when he had taken him in manacles in the midst of the captivity of Judah, even those who were carried to Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 15:21-63
The Lot of Judah. ( b. c. 1444.) 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and… Read the whole commentary →