Joshua 15:45
Ekron, with its surrounding towns and villages;
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In The King James Version
Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
In Context
44Keilah, Akzib, Mareshah. These were nine cities, including their villages.
46from Ekron to the Great Sea, all the settlements that were near Ashdod, including their villages.
Cross References
Joshua 13:3from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Avvites.
Joshua 19:43It also included Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
1 Samuel 6:17These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to Yahweh—one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron.
Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will turn into a devastation. 1 They will drive out Ashdod at noon, and they will uproot Ekron! 1
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 →