Judges 1:18

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The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.

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  • Josh 11:22 : 22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
  • Judg 3:3 : 3 These were the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
  • Judg 16:1-2 : 1 Samson’s Downfall Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her. 2 The Gazites were told,“Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking,“He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!”
  • Judg 16:21 : 21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
  • 1 Sam 6:17 : 17 These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the LORD– one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
  • Josh 13:3 : 3 from the Shihor River east of Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron(it is regarded as Canaanite territory), including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land
  • Josh 15:45-47 : 45 Ekron and its surrounding towns and settlements; 46 from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; 47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Exod 23:31 : 31 I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

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  • Judg 1:19
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    19The LORD was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.

  • Josh 15:45-48
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    76%

    45Ekron and its surrounding towns and settlements;

    46from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns;

    47Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.

    48These cities were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

  • 2 Chr 28:17-18
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    75%

    17The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

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

  • Judg 1:8-10
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    8The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.

    9Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills.

    10The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron.(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • Zeph 2:4
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    4Judgment on Surrounding Nations Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

  • Judg 1:17
    74%

    17The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.

  • Josh 10:41
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    41Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.

  • 2 Kgs 18:8
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    8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

  • Judg 1:2-5
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    2The LORD said,“The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”

    3The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon,“Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. Then we will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.

    4The men of Judah attacked, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.

    5They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.

  • Zech 9:5
    72%

    5Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.

  • Amos 1:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6This is what the LORD says:“Because Gaza has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.

    7So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

    8I will remove the ruler from Ashdod, the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon. I will strike Ekron with my hand; the rest of the Philistines will also die.” The Sovereign LORD has spoken!

  • Josh 13:3
    71%

    3from the Shihor River east of Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron(it is regarded as Canaanite territory), including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land

  • 2 Chr 11:9-10
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    9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

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

  • Jer 25:20
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    20the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod;

  • 2 Chr 12:4
    70%

    4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.

  • Josh 15:21
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    21These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

  • Gen 10:19
    70%

    19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

  • 1 Chr 7:28
    70%

    28Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns.

  • Josh 15:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

    12The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    69%

    6Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

  • Judg 6:4
    69%

    4They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

  • Josh 19:43-46
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    69%

    43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

    44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

    45Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

    46the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    68%

    2He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    68%

    19Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

  • Jer 47:1
    68%

    1Judgment on the Philistine Cities This was the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

  • 2 Sam 24:7
    68%

    7Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

  • 1 Chr 6:68
    68%

    68Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth Horon and its pasturelands,

  • Deut 2:23
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    23As for the Avvites who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites who came from Crete destroyed them and settled down in their place.)

  • Neh 11:30
    68%

    30Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

  • Josh 15:1
    68%

    1The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.

  • Josh 11:22
    68%

    22No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

  • Josh 7:16
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    16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

  • Josh 15:58
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    58Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,