Joshua 15:46

_FROM EKRON EVEN UNTO THE SEA, ALL THAT LAY NEAR ASHDOD, WITH THEIR VILLAGES:_ Ekron, х_ `EQROWN_ (H6138), eradication; Septuagint, Akkaroon] - one of the cities retained by the Philistines, situated in the northern part of their territory, which were assigned in the first instance to Judah; now 'Akir. It was situated on the northern border of Judah. According to Eusebius and Jerome ('Onomast.,' article 'Accaron') it lay between Azotus (Ashdod) and Jamnia, toward the east; 'that is to say, to the eastward of a right line between those as two places; and such is the actual position of 'Akir, relative to Esdud and Yebna, at the present day' (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 3:, pp. 22-25). EVEN UNTO THE SEA. [The Septuagint, instead of this latter clause, has: apo Akkaroon Gemna, or Iemnai (i:e., Jabuch); Tischendorf's various readings.]...

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, Micah 5:2, except that it was thus honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities....

Verse 46. _EKRON_] One of the five Philistine lordships; Joshua 13:3....

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; of “the valley,” or “the plain” (“Shephelah”, Joshua 15:33); of “the mountains” Joshua 15:48; and of “the wilderness” Joshua 15:61. Many of the identifications are still conjectural only. Joshua 15:21. The Negeb was for the most part rocky and arid, and cannot have been at any time very thickly popul

EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH. JOSHUA 15:1 THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3, which gives the southern border of the Israelitish territory, corresponding closely with this account of the southern border of Judah. The word _tribe _here is, as might be expected from the context מַטֶה and not שֶּׁבֶט. EVEN TO THE BORDER OF EDOM. The literal translation, which makes the passage clearer, is, "the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin towards the dry region (נֶגְבָּה) from the extreme limit of the south תֵימָן. The latter of these words, derived from יָמִי

FROM EKRON EVEN UNTO THE SEA,.... The Mediterranean sea, or the west, as the Targum: ALL THAT [LAY] NEAR ASHDOD, WITH THEIR VILLAGES; this is the Azotus of the New Testament, Acts 8:40, another of the principalities of the Philistines, of which and Ekron Amos 1:8 and Zephaniah 2:4....

3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_ 2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5) 3. The western border (Joshua 15:12) 4. Caleb's conquest (Joshua 15:13) 5. Inheritance according to families (Joshua 15:20) This is a chapter which contains many names; nearly one hundred and fifty are recorded. With the help of a good concordance, or dictionary of Hebrew names, the English meaning may be ascertained. However, many of these names may be derived from

JOSHUA 15:1 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out how the number 9½ was obtained....

FROM. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "and from"....

Cities in the Lowland 33. _in the valley_ i.e. the Lowland. See above, Joshua 15:20, and also Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16. The places mentioned are arranged in _four groups_. The first of these lies in the _north-eastern_portion of the _Shephêlah: _ Group I. 1. _Eshtaol_= _Yeshû"a_; 2. _Zoreah_= _Sûrah_, the residence of Manoah (Judges 13:2; Judges 13:25) and the native place of Samson. It lay close to Eshtaol. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and to a spot between the two places his dead body was brought after h