From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Kenaanite: five YY s of the Plishtim; the Azahthites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Plishtim shall perish, saith YY Elohim.
And these are the golden emerods which the Plishtim returned for a trespass offering unto YY ; for Ashdod one, for Azah one, for Askelon one, for Gat one, for Ekron one;
Therefore they sent the ark of Elohim to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of Elohim came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the Elohim of Yisrael to us, to slay us and our people.
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
