KJV King James Version
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]:
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Joshua 15:47
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]:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
WEB World English Bible
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
ASV American Standard Version
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and its border.
Surrounding context — Joshua 15
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,
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַשְׁדּ֞וֹדH795 · ash.dodAshdodבְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָH1323 · batdaughterוַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָH2691 · cha.tsercourtעַזָּ֥הH5804 · az.zahGazaבְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָH1323 · batdaughterוַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָH2691 · cha.tsercourtעַד־H5704 · adtillנַ֣חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְהַיָּ֥םH3220 · yamseaהַגָּד֖וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוּגְבֽוּל׃ סH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundary
Cross-references
Joshua 15:4[From thence] it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.Jeremiah 47:1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.Amos 1:6-7Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.Judges 16:1-21Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.Jeremiah 47:5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?Numbers 34:5-6And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.Joshua 13:3From Sihor, which [is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, [which] is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:Acts 8:26And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
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