Joshua 15:47 “Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages…”

Joshua 15:47

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ashdod with her townes and her villages: Azzah with her townes and her villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great Sea was their coast.

Darby Translation

Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast.

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.

Bible in Basic English

Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.

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Cross references

“Gaza”

Judges 16:1–21 Jeremiah 47:1 Jeremiah 47:5 Zephaniah 2:4 Acts 8:26 Amos 1:6

Judges 16:1–21 · BSB

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.

Jeremiah 47:1 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

Jeremiah 47:5 · BSB

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

Zephaniah 2:4 · BSB

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Acts 8:26 · BSB

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Amos 1:6 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

“the river”

Joshua 15:4 Joshua 13:3 Exodus 23:31 Numbers 34:5 Numbers 34:6

Joshua 15:4 · BSB

It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.

Joshua 13:3 · BSB

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

Exodus 23:31 · BSB

And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Numbers 34:5 · BSB

where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.

Numbers 34:6 · BSB

Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

46from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;

48These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

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