God’s Word Translation
Joshua 15:46
46This included all the cities with their villages between Ekron and the Mediterranean Sea and alongside Ashdod.
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, Achzib, and Mareshah. 45Judah also received Ekron with its cities and villages. This included all the cities with their villages between Ekron and the Mediterranean Sea and alongside Ashdod. 47Added to this were Ashdod and Gaza with their cities and villages as far as the River of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. 48In the mountains they gave Judah 11 cities with their villages: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
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מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן וָיָ֑מָּה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַ֥ד אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Joshua 15:46
- 2 Chronicles 26:6Uzziah went to wage war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
- Nehemiah 13:23In those days I saw some Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Isaiah 20:1In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief to fight against Ashdod, he captured it.
- Amos 1:8I will cut off those living in Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn my power against Ekron. The rest of the Philistines will die. The Almighty Lord has said this.
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
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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
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