Joshua 15:45

45 Ekron, with his towns and villages; (Ekron, and its towns and villages;)

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 Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities, and the towns of those;

45 Ekron, with his towns and villages; (Ekron, and its towns and villages;)

46 from Ekron till to the sea, all that go to Ashdod, and the towns thereof; (and from Ekron to the west, all the cities close to Ashdod, and its towns;)

47 Ashdod with his towns and villages; Gaza with his towns and villages, till to the strand of Egypt; and the great sea is the term thereof; (Ashdod, and its towns and villages; Gaza, and its towns and villages, unto the River of Egypt, that is, the Nile; and the Mediterranean Sea is its border;)