Joshua 15:45

45 Ekron with its towns and villages;

Joshua 15:45 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:45

Ekron, with her towns and her villages.
] One of the five principalities of the Philistines, which with two more next mentioned, though they fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah, were never possessed by them; for which reason perhaps Gath and Ascalon are not mentioned, and these are put for the rest; see ( Joshua 13:3 ) .

Joshua 15:45 In-Context

43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah - nine towns and their villages.
45 Ekron with its towns and villages;
46 From Ekron, west to the sea, all that bordered Ashdod with its villages;
47 Ashdod with its towns and villages; Gaza with its towns and villages all the way to the Brook of Egypt. The Great Sea is the western border.
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