Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
- KJV Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
- NKJV Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages—as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea with its coastline.
- NASB Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages, as far as the brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its coastline.
- NLT It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Quick answer
Ashdod and Gaza with their towns and villages reach to the brook of Egypt and the great sea. The full coastal extent is described.
Overview
Ashdod and Gaza were major Philistine cities, and Gaza later figured in Samson's story (Judges 16). Their inclusion marks the ideal southwestern boundary of Judah's inheritance to the Mediterranean. The gap between this generous grant and Israel's incomplete possession underscores that fullness of inheritance awaits faithful obedience, ultimately fulfilled in Christ.
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- Josh 15:4It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
- Jer 47:5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
- Exod 23:31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
- Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
- Zeph 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- Josh 13:3from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- Judg 16:1–21One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
- Num 34:5–6where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
- Amos 1:6–7This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Jer 47:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
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