Joshua 15:46

46 This included all the cities with their villages between Ekron and the Mediterranean Sea and alongside Ashdod.

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.

45 Judah also received Ekron with its cities and villages.

46 This included all the cities with their villages between Ekron and the Mediterranean Sea and alongside Ashdod.

47 Added to this were Ashdod and Gaza with their cities and villages as far as the River of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

48 In the mountains they gave Judah 11 cities with their villages: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,