Yehoshua 15:46

46 From Ekron even unto the Yam, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages.

Yehoshua 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).

Yehoshua 15:46 In-Context

44 And Keilah, and Achziv, and Mareshah; 9 cities with their villages.

45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages.

46 From Ekron even unto the Yam, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages.

47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Azah (Gaza) with her towns and her villages, unto the Wadi Mitzrayim, and the Yam HaGadol, and the coastline thereof.

48 And in the har, Shamir, and Yatir, and Socho,