Ekron,with its townsand its villages;
Theseare the sonsof Ishmaeland theseare their names,by their villages,and by their camps;twelveprincesaccording to their tribes.
"I will also cutoffthe inhabitantfrom Ashdod,And him who holdsthe scepter,from Ashkelon;I will even unleashMy powerupon Ekron,And the remnantof the Philistineswill perish,"Saysthe LordGOD.
For Gazawill be abandonedAnd Ashkelona desolation;Ashdodwill be drivenout at noonAnd Ekronwill be uprooted.
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
The borderproceededto the sideof Ekronnorthward.Then the bordercurvedto Shikkeronand continuedto MountBaalahand proceededto Jabneel,and the borderendedat the sea.
and Keilahand Achziband Mareshah;ninecitieswith their villages.
from Ekroneven to the sea,allthat were by the sideof Ashdod,with their villages.
and Elonand Timnahand Ekron,
So they sentthe arkof Godto Ekron.And as the arkof Godcameto Ekronthe Ekronitescriedout, saying,"They have broughtthe arkof the Godof Israelaroundto us, to killus and our people."
Theseare the goldentumorswhichthe Philistinesreturnedfor a guiltofferingto the LORD:onefor Ashdod,onefor Gaza,onefor Ashkelon,onefor Gath,onefor Ekron;
