Judges 1:18 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 1:18

And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.

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ASV

Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.

KJV

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Judah took Gaza - and Askelon - and Ekron - There is a most remarkable variation here in the Septuagint; I shall set down the verse: Και ουκ εκληρονομησεν Ιουδας την Γαζαν, ουδε τα ὁρια αυτης· ουδε την Ασκαλωνα, ουδε τα ὁρια αυτης· και την Ακκαρων, ουδε τα ὁρια αυτης· την Αζωτον, ουδε τα περισπορια αυτης· και ην Κυριος μετα Ιουδα. “But Judah Did Not possess Gaza, Nor the coast thereof; neither Askelon, nor the coasts thereof, neither Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; neither Azotus, nor its adjacent places: and the Lord was with Judah.” This is the reading of the Vatican and other copies of the Septuagint: but the Alexandrian MS., and the text of the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots, agree more nearly with the Hebrew text.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Judah took - It is only said, they took the cities, and probably contented themselves with making them tributary; but it is not said that they slew the people, as they ought to have done; and as it is said of the other cities here. And the people being thus spared, did by God's just judgment recover their strength, and expel the Jews out of their cities.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד	vai.yil.Kod	and he captured	H3920 →
יְהוּדָה֙	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַזָּ֣ה	'a.Zah	Gaza	H5804 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
גְּבוּלָ֔הּ	ge.vu.Lah	territory its	H1366 →
וְאֶֽת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן	'ash.ke.Lon	Ashkelon	H831 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
גְּבוּלָ֑הּ	ge.vu.Lah	territory its	H1366 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֶקְר֖וֹן	ek.Ron	Ekron	H6138 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
גְּבוּלָֽהּ׃	ge.vu.Lah	territory its	H1366 →

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Through
Joshua 11:22
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:4
  Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- Joshua 15:46
  from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
- 1 Chronicles 18:1
  Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
Through
1 Samuel 6:17
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 5:1
  After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 1:20
  Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- 2 Chronicles 26:6
  Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
Through
Judges 3:3
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
leads to
- Joshua 13:3
  All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, 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…
- Joshua 13:5
  the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

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