Judecătorii 1:18

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Iuda a mai pus mîna pe Gaza şi pe ţinutul ei, pe Ascalon şi pe ţinutul lui, şi pe Ecron şi pe ţinutul lui.

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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

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.