from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
Parallel translations
- KJV From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
- BSB from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
- NKJV from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages;
- NASB from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
- NLT From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.
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Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Sam 5:1Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- 1 Sam 5:6But Yahweh’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.
- 2 Chr 26:6He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
- Neh 13:23–24In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
- Isa 20:1In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
- Amos 1:8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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