Joshua 15:47
in Joshua 15Ashdod, 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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:
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
These were in the foothills
on Joshua 15:33-47
The foothills come first, then the coast, where the difficulty sits. Ekron, Ashdod and Gaza are written into Judah's inheritance at verses 45 to 47, though Joshua 11:22 had just said that Anakim survived in Gaza and Ashdod. Zorah and Eshtaol open the list, where Samson is born and buried at Judges 13:2 and 16:31, and from here the border on paper and the ground held differ.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.
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Ashdod with her towns and, her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Ashdod - Called also Azotus, Act 8:40. Unto the river of Egypt - The Pelusiac branch of the Nile, or Sihor. But see on Jos 15:4 (note). The great sea - The Mediterranean.
Ashdod - Called also Azotus, Act 8:40. Unto the river of Egypt - The Pelusiac branch of the Nile, or Sihor. But see on Jos 15:4 (note). The great sea - The Mediterranean.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד | ʾashdod | Ashdod | H795 → | 17 times |
| בְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָ | benoteiha | daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָ | vachatzereiha | and villages its | H2691 → | 191 times |
| עַזָּ֥ה | ʾazah | Gaza | H5804 → | 21 times |
| בְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָ | benoteiha | daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָ | vachatzereiha | and villages its | H2691 → | 191 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| נַ֣חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְהַיָּ֥ם | vehaiyam | and the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הַגָּד֖וֹל | hagavol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וּגְבֽוּל׃ ס | ugevul | and territory | H1366 → | 240 times |
אַשְׁדּ֞וֹדAshdod
ʾashdodH795 →17 times
בְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָdaughters its
benoteihaH1323 →588 times
וַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָand villages its
vachatzereihaH2691 →191 times
עַזָּ֥הGaza
ʾazahH5804 →21 times
בְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָdaughters its
benoteihaH1323 →588 times
וַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָand villages its
vachatzereihaH2691 →191 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְהַיָּ֥םand the sea
vehaiyamH3220 →396 times
הַגָּד֖וֹל<the> great
hagavolH1419 →526 times
וּגְבֽוּל׃ סand territory
ugevulH1366 →240 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
it leads to
- Zechariah 9:5–7
Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Amos 1:6–8
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.
- Zechariah 9:5–7
Through
Jeremiah 47:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:20
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:20
Through
Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
it leads to
- Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
- 2 Kings 1:3
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel…
- Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Acts 27:23
For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
- Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Acts 5:19
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.