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士师记 1:18

猶大又攻取了迦薩和迦薩的四境,亞實基倫和亞實基倫的四境,以革倫和以革倫的四境。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ashkelon;   Canaanites;   Ekron;   Gaza;   Judah;   Scofield Reference Index - Apostasy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Askelon;   The Topic Concordance - Holy Spirit;   Last Days;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Askelon;   Canaan;   Gaza or Azzah;   Jerusalem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostacy;   Ashkelon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gaza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ashkelon;   Ekron;   Gaza;   Joktheel;   Jude, the Epistle of;   Judges, the Book of;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Pharisees;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ashkelon;   Ekron;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ashkelon;   Canaanites;   Ekron;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Judges (1);   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Samson;   Vale, Valley;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Assumption of Moses;   Jude Epistle of;   Lust;   Marriage;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ashkelon, Askelon ;   Ekron ;   Gaza ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ashkelon;   Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ek'ron;   Ga'za;   Philis'tines;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Askelon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature;   Ashkelon;   Askelon;   Day, Last;   Ekron;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Gaza;   Lady;   Last Time;   Lust;   Mock;   Palestine;   Parousia;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Askelon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ashkelon;   Gaza;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
犹 大 又 取 了 迦 萨 和 迦 萨 的 四 境 , 亚 实 基 伦 和 亚 实 基 伦 的 四 境 , 以 革 伦 和 以 革 伦 的 四 境 。

Contextual Overview

9 Later, they went down to fight the Canaanites who lived in the mountains, in the dry country to the south, and in the western hills. 10 The men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanites in the city of Hebron (which used to be called Kiriath Arba). And they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 Then they left there and went to fight against the people living in Debir. (In the past Debir had been called Kiriath Sepher.) 12 Before attacking the city, Caleb said, "I will give Acsah, my daughter, as a wife to the man who attacks and captures the city of Kiriath Sepher." 13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured the city, so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife. 14 When Acsah came to Othniel, she told him to ask her father for a field. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What do you want?" 15 Acsah answered him, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in southern Canaan, also give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs. 16 The Kenite people, who were from the family of Moses' father-in-law, left Jericho, the city of palm trees. They went with the men of Judah to the Desert of Judah to live with them there in southern Judah near the city of Arad. 17 The men of Judah and the men of Simeon, their relatives, defeated the Canaanites who lived in Zephath. They completely destroyed the city, so they called it Hormah. 18 The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the lands around them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 11:22, Joshua 13:3, Joshua 15:45-47, 1 Samuel 6:17

Also Judah: There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint:

בי ןץך וךכחסןםןלחףום ןץהבע פחם בזבם, ןץהו פב ןסיב בץפחע; ןץהו פחם ףךבכשםב, ןץהו פב ןסיב בץפחע; ךבי פחם ךךבסשם, ןץהו פב ןסיב בץפחע; פחם זשפןם, ןץהו פב נוסיףנןסיב בץפחע. But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof." Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus - Ant. 1. v. c. 2 sec. 4 says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from Judges 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.

Gaza: Judges 3:3, Judges 16:1, Judges 16:2, Judges 16:21, Exodus 23:31

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:10 - God to Ekron Obadiah 1:19 - the plain

Cross-References

Psalms 19:6
The sun rises at one end of the sky and follows its path to the other end. Nothing hides from its heat.
Jeremiah 31:35
The Lord makes the sun shine in the day and the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves crash on the shore. The Lord All-Powerful is his name. This is what the Lord says:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also Judah took Gaza, with the coast thereof,.... Which by lot fell to that tribe, Joshua 15:47; it was not till now subdued:

and Ashkelon with the coast thereof; which, according to our countryman Sandys q, was ten miles from Gaza:

and Ekron with the coast thereof; this also is the lot that fell to Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 15:45; for whom Judah now fought and took it; but in a short time all these places were retaken, and possessed by the Philistines, and were three of their five principalities which they ever after retained, see Judges 3:3.

q Travels, p. 118. Ed. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is remarkable that Ashdod is not here mentioned, as it is in Joshua 15:46-47, in conjunction with Gaza and Ekron; but that Askelon, which is not in the list of the cities of Judah at all, is named in its stead. (See Joshua 13:3 note.) It is a curious fact that when Rameses III took Askelon it was occupied, not by Philistines, but apparently by Hebrews. Rameses began to reign in 1269 B.C., and reigned 25 years. At any time between 1269 and 1244 B.C. such occupation of Askelon by Hebrews agrees with the Book of Judges.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:18. 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. St. Augustine and Procopius read the same as, the Vatican MS.; and Josephus expressly says that the Israelites took only Askelon and Azotus, but did not take Gaza nor Ekron; and the whole history shows that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines; and if the Israelites did take them at this time, as the Hebrew text states, they certainly lost them in a very short time after.


 
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