KJV King James Version
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages:
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Joshua 15:46
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
WEB World English Bible
from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
ASV American Standard Version
from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
from Ekron and westward, all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their villages.
Surrounding context — Joshua 15
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages:
47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof]:
48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which [is] Debir,
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Cross-references
1 Samuel 5:6But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, [even] Ashdod and the coasts thereof.1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.Isaiah 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;2 Chronicles 26:6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.Nehemiah 13:23-24In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:Amos 1:8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
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