KJV King James Version
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
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Judges 1:18
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
WEB World English Bible
Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
ASV American Standard Version
Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Judah captureth Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border;
Surrounding context — Judges 1
15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out [the inhabitants of] the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דH3920 · la.khadto captureיְהוּדָה֙H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַזָּ֣הH5804 · az.zahGazaוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּבוּלָ֔הּH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryוְאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַשְׁקְל֖וֹןH831 · ash.qe.lonAshkelonוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּבוּלָ֑הּH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֶקְר֖וֹןH6138 · eq.ronEkronוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּבוּלָֽהּ׃H1366 · ge.vulborder: boundary
Cross-references
Joshua 11:22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.Judges 3:3[Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.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:Judges 16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.1 Samuel 6:17And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines returned [for] a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;Judges 16:1-2Then 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.Joshua 15:45-47Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
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