Joshua 15:45

45 The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its surrounding settlements 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 with their surrounding villages.

45 The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its surrounding settlements and villages.

46 From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.

47 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.