But an angelof the Lordspoketo Philipsaying,"Getup and gosouthto the roadthat descendsfrom Jerusalemto Gaza."(Thisis a desert[road].)
The territoryof the Canaaniteextendedfrom Sidonas you gotoward Gerar,as faras Gaza;as you gotoward Sodomand Gomorrahand Admahand Zeboiim,as faras Lasha.
But the angelof the LORDsaidto Elijahthe Tishbite,"Arise,goup to meetthe messengersof the kingof Samariaand sayto them, 'Is it becausethereis noGodin Israel[that] you are goingto inquireof Baal-zebub,the godof Ekron?'
"Of the gold,the silverand the bronzeand the ironthereis nolimit.Ariseand work,and may the LORDbe with you."
Ashkelonwill see[it] and be afraid.Gazatoo will writhein greatpain;Also Ekron,for her expectationhas beenconfounded.Moreover, the kingwill perishfrom Gaza,And Ashkelonwill not be inhabited.
They said,"Cornelius,a centurion,a righteousand God-fearingmanwell spokenof by the entirenationof the Jews,was [divinely] directedby a holyangelto sendfor you [to come] to his houseand heara messagefrom you."
Whenthe angelwho was speakingto him had left,he summonedtwoof his servantsand a devoutsoldierof thosewho were his personal attendants,
And immediatelyan angelof the Lordstruckhim becausehe did not giveGodthe glory,and he was eaten by wormsand died.
"For thisvery nightan angelof the Godto whomI belongand whomI servestood beforeme,
But duringthe nightan angelof the Lordopenedthe gatesof the prison,and takingthem out he said,
Thenthe Spiritsaidto Philip,"Goup and jointhischariot."
Philipwent downto the cityof Samariaand [began] proclaimingChristto them.
Are they not allministeringspirits,sentout to render servicefor the sakeof thosewho willinheritsalvation?
from the Shihorwhichis eastof Egypt,even as faras the borderof Ekronto the north(it is countedas Canaanite);the fivelordsof the Philistines:the Gazite,the Ashdodite,the Ashkelonite,the Gittite,the Ekronite;and the Avvite
Ashdod,its townsand its villages;Gaza,its townsand its villages;as faras the brookof Egyptand the GreatSea,even [its] coastline.
