Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Parallel translations
- KJV And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
- BSB Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- ESV Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- NKJV Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- NASB Elon, Timnah, and Ekron,
- NLT Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
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Quick answer
Elon, Timnah, and Ekron are part of Dan's allotment. Ekron was one of the five chief Philistine cities.
Overview
The inclusion of Ekron and Timnah shows Dan's territory overlapping with strongly held Philistine centers. Israel rarely controlled these cities, exposing the gap between the inheritance promised and the land possessed. This honest record warns against complacency and points to the obedience of faith required to lay hold of all God grants.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Gen 38:12After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
- 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.
- Josh 15:45Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
- 1 Sam 5:10So they sent God’s ark to Ekron. As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.”
- Judg 14:1–2Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
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