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Joshua 15:47

AshdodBrook of EgyptGazaGreat Sea

45 Ekron, with its towns and villages;

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

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.

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

49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),

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BSB
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.
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:
WEB
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
ASV
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].
DARBY
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.
BLB
Ashdod with its daughters and its villages, Gaza with its daughters and its villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea and [its] coastline.
ÅB
Asdod med tilhørende byer og landsbyer, Gasa med tilhørende byer og landsbyer, inntil Egypts bekk og det store hav og landet langsmed det.
OTB
Asjdod, dens byer og landsbyer; Gaza, dens byer og landsbyer, så langt som Egypts bekk og kystlinjen av Det store havet.
B1930
Asdod med tilhørende byer og landsbyer, Gasa med tilhørende byer og landsbyer, inntil Egyptens bekk og det store hav og landet langsmed det.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 15:4

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

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  • Numbers 34:5–6

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

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  • Exodus 23:31

    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.

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  • Amos 1:6–7

    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.

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  • Zephaniah 2:4

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

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  • Acts 8:26

    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.”

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  • Judges 16:1–21

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

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  • Joshua 13:3

    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;

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