Joshua 15:46

46 from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

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 Kei'lah, Achzib, and Mare'shah: nine cities with their villages.

45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

46 from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast-line.

48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,