Judges 1:18

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Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.

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  • Josh 11:22 : 22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.
  • Judg 3:3 : 3 The nations included 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 the entrance of Hamath.
  • Judg 16:1-2 : 1 Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her. 2 When the Gazites were told, 'Samson has come here,' they surrounded the place and waited for him all night at the city gate. They remained quiet throughout the night, saying, 'At dawn, we will kill him.'
  • Judg 16:21 : 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
  • 1 Sam 6:17 : 17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the LORD: one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
  • Josh 13:3 : 3 From the Shihor River (which is near Egypt) to the northern boundary of Ekron, which is counted as part of the Canaanite land; the five rulers of the Philistines—Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—and the Avvites.
  • Josh 15:45-47 : 45 Ekron with its towns and villages. 46 From Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod with their villages. 47 Ashdod 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 and its boundaries.
  • Exod 23:31 : 31 I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you.

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  • Judg 1:19
    77%

    19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had iron chariots.

  • Josh 15:45-48
    4 verses
    76%

    45Ekron with its towns and villages.

    46From Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod with their villages.

    47Ashdod 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 and its boundaries.

    48In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh.

  • 2 Chr 28:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17The Edomites had come again and attacked Judah, taking captives.

    18The Philistines also raided towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages.

  • Judg 1:8-10
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    75%

    8The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

    9Afterward, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowland.

    10Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • Zeph 2:4
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    4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted.

  • Judg 1:17
    74%

    17Judah went with his brother Simeon, and together they defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They destroyed the city completely, and they named it Hormah.

  • Josh 10:41
    74%

    41Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the entire region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

  • 2 Kgs 18:8
    74%

    8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

  • Judg 1:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up. I have given the land into his hand."

    3Then Judah said to his brother Simeon, "Come with me into my allotted territory, and let us fight the Canaanites together. I will also go with you into your territory." So Simeon went with him.

    4Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands. They struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

    5At Bezek, they found Adoni-bezek, fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

  • Zech 9:5
    72%

    5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.

  • Amos 1:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.'

    7So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces.

    8'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.

  • Josh 13:3
    71%

    3From the Shihor River (which is near Egypt) to the northern boundary of Ekron, which is counted as part of the Canaanite land; the five rulers of the Philistines—Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—and the Avvites.

  • 2 Chr 11:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Adoraim, Lachish, and Azekah,

    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Jer 25:20
    71%

    20All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.

  • 2 Chr 12:4
    70%

    4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem.

  • Josh 15:21
    70%

    21The southernmost cities of the tribe of the descendants of Judah toward the boundary of Edom in the Negev were Kabzeel, Eder, and Jagur.

  • Gen 10:19
    70%

    19The border of the Canaanites stretched from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

  • 1 Chr 7:28
    70%

    28Their territories and settlements were Bethel and its surrounding villages, to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its villages, and Shechem and its villages, as far as Ayyah and its villages.

  • Josh 15:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11It continued to the northern slope of Ekron, turned toward Shikkeron, passed by Mount Baalah, and went on to Jabneel, ending at the sea.

    12The western boundary was the coastline of the Great Sea. This was the boundary around the clans of the descendants of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    69%

    6He went out to war against the Philistines, broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, and built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

  • Judg 6:4
    69%

    4They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

  • Josh 19:43-46
    4 verses
    69%

    43Elon, Timnah, and Ekron,

    44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath,

    45Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

    46and the waters of Jarkon and Rakkon, along the border opposite Joppa.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    68%

    2He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    68%

    19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him: Bethel and its surrounding villages, Jeshanah and its surrounding villages, and Ephron and its surrounding villages.

  • Jer 47:1
    68%

    1This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

  • 2 Sam 24:7
    68%

    7They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went to the Negev of Judah in Beersheba.

  • Deut 2:23
    68%

    23And as for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.

  • Neh 11:30
    68%

    30They dwelt in Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its surrounding villages. They settled from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

  • Josh 15:1
    68%

    1The allotment for the tribe of the descendants of Judah, by their clans, extended to the southern boundary, reaching the Edom border and the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev at its southernmost point.

  • Josh 11:22
    68%

    22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.

  • Josh 7:16
    67%

    16Early the next morning, Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

  • Josh 15:58
    67%

    58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor.