From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Parallel translations
- WEB from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
- BSB from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
- ESV from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, 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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Quick answer
From Ekron to the sea, the towns near Ashdod with their villages belong to the allotment. The coastal Philistine plain is included.
Overview
The region around Ashdod, another Philistine stronghold, lay within Judah's appointed bounds. These coastal lands were promised but long contested by the Philistines. The inheritance God assigned extended further than Israel's actual control, calling them to continued faith and obedience.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Amos 1:8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
- 1 Sam 5:6But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
- 1 Sam 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
- Neh 13:23–24In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
- Isa 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
- 2 Chr 26:6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
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