Joshua 15:46

46 From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.

Joshua 15:46 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:46

From Ekron even unto the sea
The Mediterranean sea, or the west, as the Targum:

all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages;
this is the Azotus of the New Testament, ( Acts 8:40 ) , another of the principalities of the Philistines, of which and Ekron (See Gill on Amos 1:8) and (See Gill on Zephaniah 2:4).

Joshua 15:46 In-Context

44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets.

45 Ekron and its dependent villages and its hamlets.

46 From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.

47 Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast.

48 -- And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'toward the sea:' so chs. 16.6; 17.9,10; 19.11, &c.