Joshua 15:45

45 Judah was also given Ekron and the settlements and villages that were around it.

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. The total number of towns was nine. Some of them had villages near them.

45 Judah was also given Ekron and the settlements and villages that were around it.

46 West of Ekron, Judah was given all of the settlements and villages that were near Ashdod.

47 Judah was given Ashdod and the settlements and villages that were around it. And Judah was given Gaza and its settlements and villages. Judah's territory went all the way to the Wadi of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.