Joshua 15:46

46 From Ekron toward the sea, everything that was near Ashdod and its surrounding areas.

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 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah. In total: nine cities and their surrounding areas.

45 Ekron, its dependent cities and surrounding areas.

46 From Ekron toward the sea, everything that was near Ashdod and its surrounding areas.

47 Ashdod, its dependent cities and surrounding areas. Gaza, its dependent cities and surrounding areas as far as the border of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea and its shoreline.

48 In the highlands: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,