Joshua 15:47

Joshua 15:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coastline.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Context of Joshua 15:47

45Ekron, with its towns and villages; 46from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages; Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages—as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea with its coastline. 48And in the mountain country: Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh, 49Dannah, Kirjath Sannah (which is Debir),

Joshua 15:47 word by word

אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד בְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָ עַזָּ֥ה בְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָ עַד־נַ֣חַל מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהַיָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְבֽוּל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹד'ashdôd · AshdodH795
• with her townsבַּתbath · daughter: villageH1323
• and her villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
• Gazaעַזָּה‛azzâh · GazaH5804
• unto the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · (Brook of) EgyptH4714
• and the greatגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• and the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Joshua 15:47

• Judges 16:1Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
• Jeremiah 47:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
• Amos 1:6Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they took captive the whole captivity To deliver them up to Edom.
• Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
• Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.
• Joshua 15:4From there it passed toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.
• Joshua 13:3from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines—the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites;
• Exodus 23:31And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
• Numbers 34:5the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

Commentaries on Joshua 15:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Ashdod - Called also Azotus, Acts 8:40. Unto the river of Egypt - The Pelusiac branch of the Nile, or Sihor. But see on Joshua 15:4; (note). The great sea - The Mediterranean.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

Topics related to Joshua 15:47

• Ashdod
• Egypt
• Gaza
• Mediterranean Sea
• Philistines

In the dictionaries

• Ashdod
• Egypt
• Gaza
• River of Egypt
• Euphrates River, the River
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Brook
• Joktheel
• Judah, Tribe of
• Sea, The

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