Joshua 15:46

Joshua 15:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
• New International Version (NIV)west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages;
• English Standard Version (ESV)from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
• New King James Version (NKJV)from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages;

Context of Joshua 15:46

44Keilah, Aczib and Mareshah. There were nine towns with their villages. 45He also gave them Ekron with the houses and villages that belonged to it. And he gave them all those towns west of Ekron, near to Ashdod with their villages. 47And he gave them Ashdod and Gaza with their houses and villages. They had the land as far as the Stream of Egypt, and to the Mediterranean Sea. 48These towns were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

Joshua 15:46 word by word

מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן וָיָ֑מָּה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַ֥ד אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From Ekronעֶקְרוֹן‛eqrôn · EkronH6138
• even unto the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• nearיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
• Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹד'ashdôd · AshdodH795
• with their villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691

Cross-references for Joshua 15:46

• 2 Chronicles 26:6Uzziah took his army to attack the Philistines. He destroyed the walls of their cities, Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. Then he made the towns near Ashdod strong, as well as other towns where the Philistines lived.
• Nehemiah 13:23Also at that time, I discovered that men from Judah had married foreign women. They were women who came from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.
• Isaiah 20:1One year, Sargon, the king of Assyria, sent the leader of his army to attack Ashdod. His army fought against Ashdod and they took the city.
• Amos 1:8I will remove the king of Ashdod city. And I will remove the king who rules in Ashkelon city. I will punish the people who live in Ekron city. All the Philistines who remain will die.’ That is what the Lord God says.

Commentaries on Joshua 15:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46Ekron - One of the five Philistine lordships; see the note on Joshua 13:3.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21-63Verses 21-63 List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely,, those of the Negeb or south country Joshua 15:21-32; of “the valley,” or “the plain” (“Shephelah”, Joshua 15:33-47); of “the mountains” Joshua 15:48-60; and of “the wilderness” Joshua 15:61-62. Many of the identifications are still conjectural only. Joshua 15:21-32. The Negeb was for the most part rocky…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-63Verses 20-63 Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but little among the thousands of Judah, Mi 5:2, except that it was thus honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45-47The fourth district of the western foothills included most of the territory soon to be occupied by the Philistines. The tribe of Judah held it only briefly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-6321-63. the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah--There is given a list of cities within the tribal territory of Judah, arranged in four divisions, corresponding to the districts of which it consisted--the cities in the southern part (Jos 15:21-32), those in the lowlands (Jos 15:33-47), those in the highlands (Jos 15:48-60), and those in the desert (Jos 15:61, 62). One gets the best idea of the relative situation of these cities by…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ashdod
• Ekron
• Ekron; Ekronite
• Ashdod, or Azotus
• Ashdod, Azotus
• Ekron, Ekronites
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Joktheel
• Judah, Tribe of
• Criticism

Commentaries on Joshua 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings